By Ray King
A resolution allowing the City to take advantage of a Federal-aid Transportation Fund to improve a section of downtown Pine Bluff was approved without dissent by the City Council during a brief meeting Monday night.
According to the resolution, 80 percent of the... Read More.
On Monday, Arkansas State Police reported arrest numbers from the weekend’s successful Operation Safe Streets, yielding 610 arrests for violations including 55 driving at excessive speeds and 26 driving while intoxicated. The effort was a joint operation with ASP, Little Rock Police Department and... Read More.
Thomas Quarles, the suspect in the Watson Chapel Junior High school shooting that killed a 15-year-old victim in 2021, has plead guilty to First Degree Murder and has been sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections by Judge Jodi Raines Dennis.
When... Read More.
The Arkansas law enforcement community is urging motorists to buckle up during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs... Read More.
AT&T is offering a 5,000 reward for information that will lead to a conviction of those who have been stealing copper cables in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County.
Officials said the thefts have been ongoing over the last few year and have been disrupting network... Read More.
By Ray King
A $500,000 bond was set Monday for one adult and a juvenile accused of being involved in a shooting at Martin Luther King Jr. park that resulted in the death of one person and injuries to four more.
Pine Bluff District Judge John... Read More.
UAPB Golf: Patrick Mwendapole Named SwingU College Player of the Month
Norman, Okla.- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Patrick Mwendapole has been named the men's SwingU NCAA Division I (HBCU) College Player of the Month, it was announced today.
Mwendapole led Arkansas-Pine Bluff to their first-ever... Read More.
Construction of dormitories for Southeast Arkansas College that will be located across from Seabrook is continuing and on Friday, SEARK President Dr. Stephen Bloomberg was asked if those dormitories would be ready in August for the start of the fall semester.
This will be the... Read More.
UAPB Baseball Defeats Grambling St. 18-8 To Close Out Conference Series
GRAMBLING, Louisiana -The Golden Lions bats got hot as, junior Edwin De La Cruz collected five hits to help lead the UAPB Golden Lions past the Grambling Tigers 18-8 on Sunday on the road at Wilbert... Read More.