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Smith guilty of first-degree murder in Collins slaying

A Jefferson County jury Friday found 25-year-old KeShone Smith guilty of first-degree murder in the October 2020 shooting death of former Pine Bluff Police Detective Kevin Collins. Collins was killed when he exchanged gunfire with Smith on the parking lot of the Econo Lodge on... Read More.
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22-Year-Old Fort Smith Woman Charged in Slaying of William Dubois

FORT SMITH — Taylor Cynthia Elkins, 22, was previously charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution and theft by receiving. Since that time, Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Shue’s office has worked closely with the Fort Smith Police Department in an investigation surrounding the death... Read More.
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Residents Take to Streets After Another Pine Bluff Slaying

In response to four murders in Pine Bluff within a period of three days, a group of ministers and concerned citizens quickly staged a march against violence Wednesday morning. The march, which began at Harding Avenue and Main Street, ended on the north side of... Read More.