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Pine Bluff School Board discusses adding cameras at Robey
Local Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2012 8:50pmPine Bluff School Board member Harold Jackson queried district superintendent Jerry O. Payne on whether additional security officers should be added to the staff at Jack Robey Junior High School...
Former Tyson plant to reopen as new company, create jobs
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 5:19pmAn investment group has bought the old Tyson Foods plant on West Second Avenue and expects to reopen it by summer, creating 329 new jobs within three to five years.
Horizon Foods will...
Attorney general pushes new effort in assisting consumers
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 3:38pmAttorney General Dustin McDaniel was in Pine Bluff on Tuesday, touting the new “Got Your Back, Arkansas” program addition to his office’s consumer protection division and encouraging Jefferson...
Pine Bluff School Board votes to retain legal counsel over superintendent’s firing last month
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 9:18pmThe Pine Bluff School District Board of Directors voted during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night to retain legal counsel in the wake of its decision last month to fire district...
Contract employee dies following Arsenal incident, official says
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 7:47pmAn employee for a contractor at the Pine Bluff Arsenal was apparently electrocuted about 3 p.m. Tuesday, an Arsenal spokeswoman said in a news release.
A doctor pronounced Ryan Bullard, 28,...
Sheriff’s officials attend emergency management training
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 3:25pmFour officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department recently completed an Emergency Management Incident Command System training course.
Sheriff Gerald Robinson, Chief Deputies...
Gould council wants prosecutor to investigate finances
Local Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 9:44pmGOULD – The Gould City Council Tuesday evening unanimously moved to ask Gov. Mike Beebe and state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to encourage Prosecuting Attorney Kyle Hunter to investigate the...
PB residents express concerns over halfway house proposal
Local Comments Updated: Mar 12, 2012 9:18pmA large crowd that turned out Monday evening to question plans by the Arkansas Department of Community Correction to open additional transitional housing here for state prison parolees was told...
Large alligator spotted near Evergreen Mill
Local Comments Updated: Mar 12, 2012 9:08pmA large alligator attracted attention during the day Monday in a wetland area just off of U.S. 79 near the Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River.
“It was between 11 and 12 feet...
Quorum Court remembers Shock before meeting
Local Comments Updated: Mar 12, 2012 6:10pmWith no dissent, the Jefferson County Quorum Court Monday approved a resolution that will provide matching funds to meet a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for the adult drug court.
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