Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency Hires Executive Director

After a months-long search, the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency has selected Maurice Taggart as executive director. Taggart will lead the agency and administer the daily oversight and implementation of the Central City Urban Renewal Plan, according to a news release. The plan calls for... Read More.

Double Fatality Fire in Pine Bluff

On 8/3/18 at 05:51am fire crews were dispatched to 2001 S Ohio to Greenfield Trailer Park for a residential fire. Upon arrival the mobile home was fully engulfed. Search and rescue was conducted were a male and female were found in the back bedroom. Cause of... Read More.
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Early Morning Homicide In Pine Bluff

Update:   The Pine Bluff Police Department identifies the homicide victim as Theodis Morris, 47. Detectives are still investigating but have not yet given any information on a suspect or motive.   PINE BLUFF  —Police were called early Thursday morning to an apartment complex at 13th and Maple Street... Read More.

Friendship Aspire Academy To Open In Pine Bluff

Friendship Aspire Academy will opens it's doors Monday August 13th on the corner of Hazel Street and 40th Avenue.  It will become the first of what company officials hope to have five public charter schools in Arkansas in the next few years. Charles Woods Jr.,... Read More.
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Decision upheld to terminate Pine Bluff Officer

A three-member civilian review panel has upheld Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant’s decision to fire an officer for insubordination. Officer Chelsea Walters had been on the job for about two years when she was let go in June. Last week, she appealed the termination to... Read More.
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Pine Bluff’s Hotel Pines Undergoing a Transformation

This article appeared in the July 30th print edition of Arkansas Business and is a positive story about what is happening in Pine Bluff By:  Jan Cottingham The Hotel Pines in Pine Bluff is now being restored by Pine Bluff Rising, which bought the six-story,... Read More.
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Pine Bluff U of A grads this spring

The following students from Pine Bluff graduated from the University of Arkansas at the end of the Spring 2018 semester: ·       Terri Renea Brumett graduated with a Master of Education degree in educational technology from the College of Education and Health Professions. ·       Timothy Adams Fortner... Read More.
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Naomi Helen Barlow, 71 of Pine Bluff

Naomi Helen Barlow, 71 of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 7, 2018. Born August 28, 1946 at Bayou Meto, she was a daughter of the late Aubrie Heston Horton and Cynthia Helen Thompson Horton. Mrs. Barlow was a member of South... Read More.

Holeman Wins with Pine Bluff Fish

“Pins and needles.” That’s how 55-year old Billy Holeman, Jr. described his weekend after catching the winning fish of the Simmons Bank Big Bass Bonanza on the very first day of competition. Just after noon on Friday, Holeman, Jr. pitched a Texas-rigged worm towards... Read More.