JRMC SALUTES RETIRING ADMINISTRATOR Nov 15, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Atkinson stepped to the podium only after tributes from the talented musical ensemble and a full program of well-intended jabs and jokes from friends, family and colleagues who, when the laughter faded, voiced their unconditional respect and admiration for the man who had, for nearly 20 years, led, strengthened and embraced the hospital and the Pine Bluff community ... To Becky and I, Pine Bluff is home and we re going to miss it, but we want to be near... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PB GIVEN HIGH DANGER RATING FOR PEDESTRIANS IN NATIONAL REPORT Nov 15, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A national study released Monday rates Pine Bluff as the most dangerous place to walk in Arkansas, but city officials say they are wary of the representation ... According to the numbers, the Pine Bluff metropolitan area had eight pedestrian deaths in 2007 and 2008. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Analysis: Beebe playing role in health care debate Nov 15, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition. Search Archives. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
FAMILY KEEPS FLAME ALIVE FOR SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION Nov 15, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... While Charles Doster worked at the Weyerhaeuser Paper Co. in Pine Bluff, his wife taught elementary school in the Pine Bluff School District, and after years of trying to have a baby, the couple decided to adopt ... The day of the funeral, dozens of American flags waved in the breeze along the route that took the soldier and his family to Lakeside United Methodist Church in Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
OFFICIALS SEEK HELP ON UNSOLVED HOMICIDES Nov 15, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The Pine Bluff Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff s Department are asking for help in identifying and arresting suspects responsible for several unsolved homicides in the city and county ... On Jan. 17, Frank Fields Jr., 57, of Pine Bluff was pronounced dead at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, several hours after he was found inside a building at 4501 W. Barraque St., that had been used as a clubhouse for several motorcycle clubs. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
TAYLOR SPEAKS AT UAPB, URGES MENTORING Nov 14, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Former Essence magazine editor Susan L. Taylor launched a lecture series at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff by encouraging people to become mentors and agents of change in their communities ... Pine Bluff Commercial/Mike Adam. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
ZONING ORDINANCES TO BE CONSIDERED AT COUNCIL MEETING Nov 14, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Several proposed zoning ordinances will be considered by Pine Bluff s City Council Monday night ... George said the Pine Bluff Planning Commission would be amiable to passing the proposed ordinance back to the council for passage an action that must take place for the legislation to be legal with the addition. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
FEMALE ARRESTED AFTER ALTERCATION Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... During a court hearing Thursday, Circuit Judge Berlin Jones ruled prosecutors had probable cause to charge Jakita Steele with aggravated assault, based on an affidavit from Investigator Eugene Butler of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Police Department. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Obituaries Published November 11 (1069) Nov 13, 2009
Survivors include two brothers, James F. Jones of Sherwood and Rev. Clyde Jones of Pine Bluff; one sister, Cora Mae Summers of Crossett; and a step-son, Harold Lum of Columbia, LA.. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, at Jones Funeral Home chapel in Crossett. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
SIMMONS ANTICIPATES $64M FROM STOCK OFFER Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Net proceeds to the Pine Bluff-based bank holding company after underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses are expected to be approximately 61. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
FOOD PLAZA, HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION TOP DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TO-DO LIST Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Pine Bluff Downtown Development is in the planning phases of a park-like food plaza that would be on Barraque Street between Pine and Chestnut streets ... Downtown Development Executive Director Joy Blankenship and Board President Janice Acosta reported projects past and future to the West Pine Bluff Rotary Club at Thursday s meeting. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
BROADBAND CONFERENCE HELD THURSDAY IN PINE BLUFF Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... About 40 people attended the Broadband Initiative Consortium held at the Pine Bluff Convention Center Thursday ... Willette Totten, the interim director of technical services at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, talked about technology the university has implemented, including making broadband accessible to all on-campus students. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT TESTS STUDENTS’ WITS Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Andrew Sorrows, from the White Hall Junior High team, ponders the answer to a question Thursday afternoon during the Quiz Bowl at the Arkansas River Education Services Cooperative in Pine Bluff ... Pine Bluff Commercial/Ralph Fitzgerald. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Dr. Darlene Antosh (573) Nov 13, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Dr. Darlene Antosh, 50, of Pine Bluff died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at JRMC. ... She is survived by her son, Brendan Michael Antosh of Pine Bluff; her parents, Nicholas and June Smith Antosh of Pine Bluff; brother, Gerald (Susan) Antosh of Pine Bluff; and two nieces all of Bethune, Saskatchewan. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
COMPLAINTS LEAD TO GAMBLING RAIDS TUESDAY Nov 12, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Numerous complaints about alleged gambling in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County resulted in raids at eight locations Tuesday night and the arrest of three people charged with operating a gambling house, a felony ... I would love to put my efforts somewhere else but we ve got to do what the citizens ask us to do, Sheriff Gerald Robinson said about the raids, which involved almost 100 officers from the Pine Bluff Police Department, including the vice and... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
JEFFERSON CO. OFFICIALS EYE PROPOSED $12.5M BUDGET Nov 11, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Holcomb explained the challenge in keeping staff at the sheriff s department, saying Pine Bluff has a large police department, the city of White Hall pays officers more than deputies and the Arkansas Department of Correction is looking to hire experienced people. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
HOMEOWNER TAX CREDIT EXPANSION, EXTENSION BOON TO LOCAL REALTORS Nov 10, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The expansion of tax credits beyond first-time homebuyers is the big news to come out of last week s housing bill, according to Realtors in Pine Bluff and across Arkansas ... Becky Bilgischer of Hometown Realty Services in Pine Bluff said the first-time homebuyer tax credit has been helping, and she is excited about expanding that momentum to a new market. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
WESTERN THEME HIGHLIGHTS COWBOY CHURCH MEETING Nov 10, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Cowboy churches have been spreading across Arkansas, and organizers hope to round up some unchurched Christians in the Pine Bluff area interested in the cowboy lifestyle ... Music at a cowboy church places the emphasis on Southern gospel hymns, the president of the Arkansas Fellowship of Cowboy Churches said Monday as he stood inside the 26,000 square foot stables on Pine Bluff s western edge. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Nun who died in Arkansas promoted for sainthood Nov 10, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... An official with St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pine Bluff wants the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock to petition for sainthood for a nun who died in 1839 and is buried near Pine Bluff ... Supporters of sainthood for Hart say people prayed to her in 2007 to intercede on behalf of cancer patient Greg Mattics of Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
UAPB STUDENT ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES Nov 10, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A student at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff who ran from his dorm room after a dorm supervisor went to talk to him was arrested on drug related charges Sunday. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Arkansas: No. 4 Pine Bluff tops No. 1 El Dorado Nov 7, 2009
It seems that every year, a top ranked team gets knocked off, and that held true Thursday night at Jordan Stadium in Pine Bluff, where the #4 Zebras knocked off the #1 El Dorado Wildcats by a final score of 28-26 ... Earlier in the season, Pine Bluff head coach Bobby Bolding told ArkansasVarsity ... After forcing Pine Bluff to punt, the Wildcats would mount one more 10 play 81 yard scoring drive. (Prep Sports Sports -- Rivals.com)
Tech Athletes to Hold 9th-Annual Michael Isenhour Toy Drive Nov 7, 2009
Toy Drive Collection Dates for 2009: Georgia Tech vs. Georgia Football Game, Nov. 28 Georgia Tech vs. Oregon Women's Basketball/Georgia Tech vs. Arkansas -Pine Bluff Games, Dec. 16 Georgia Tech vs. Florida State Men's Basketball Game, Dec. 20. Presented By. (Ramblinwreck.com)
13 injured when Grambling St. band buses crash Nov 7, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Grambling is scheduled to play Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 1 p.m. Saturday in Little Rock. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PB MAN DIES FOLLOWING VEHICLE ACCIDENT Nov 7, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A Pine Bluff resident died Friday morning after a collision on U.S. 270 with an 18-wheeler. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PINE BLUFF-AREA UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, STILL HIGH IN STATE Nov 7, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... 2 percent in October, the highest since early 1983, the most recent unemployment numbers for the Pine Bluff area show a decrease in unemployment figures ... The Pine Bluff area s unemployment rate dropped to 8. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PB GROUP: SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SUPPORT PUBLIC OPTION Nov 6, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Several small business owners support health care reform and the inclusion of a public option that was the message a Pine Bluff group took to lawmakers in Washington, D.C., this week ... She was joined by three other Arkansas business owners: Two from Pine Bluff and one from Little Rock. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
RECYCLING HIGHLIGHTS ISSUE Nov 6, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The emphasis on recycling for National Recycling Month continues this weekend with Saturday recycling hours hosted by the city and the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Clean and Beautiful Commission ... The city s Household Waste Recycling Collection Center, 1600 S. Pennsylvania St. is open the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It was joined in October by the Clean and Beautiful Commission s Recycle Saturday event, 8 a.m. to noon, at the east... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
CITY’S EMPLOYEE’S HEALTH INSURANCE TO RISE 4.4 PCT Nov 6, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Health insurance premiums will rise for the city of Pine Bluff and its employees in 2010 by 4. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
HABITAT PREPARES FOR 9TH HOUSE IN PB Nov 6, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... We want to show that Pine Bluff cares enough to get this family in a house by Christmas ... But we know the people of Pine Bluff will step up and help us do this. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
OFFICIALS CALL FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENCY RESEARCH Nov 5, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The Pine Bluff City Council s administration committee met Wednesday morning and discussed the residency policy among other issues ... Robert Tucker, director of the inspection and zoning department, Albert Ridgell, the city collector, and Pine Bluff Police Chief John Howell do not live in the city limits. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER ROBBED Nov 5, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A delivery driver for Domino s Pizza was knocked down and robbed Monday on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a student was identified as the suspect by campus police. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
YESTERYEARS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 Nov 5, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Pine Bluff s Junior Chamber of Commerce is in charge of the judging of the tape-recorded speeches ... They choose a panel of Pine Bluff citizens to judge the speeches. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
FROM STATS TO POLICY TO FUNDING, PUBLIC SAFETY TAKES CENTER STAGE Nov 4, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Public safety concerns were a large part of Monday night s Pine Bluff City Council meeting ... During the council meeting and a public safety meeting beforehand, Pine Bluff police Lt. Bob Rawlinson handed aldermen a report showing overall crimes down by more than 10 percent for the year. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
DEPARTMENT HEADS’ ADDRESSES A CONCERN FOR CITY OFFICIALS Nov 4, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Several Pine Bluff department heads live outside the city limits some in violation of municipal code ... The most recent ordinance, approved in 2000, calls on all Pine Bluff department heads to live within the city limits. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Weather service: 2 more Ark. tornadoes confirmed Nov 3, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... 6 mile path south-southeast of Pine Bluff and stayed on the ground for 2. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT LAND IN PB; THE CARS COME, TOO Nov 1, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Shiny cars, fast planes and breezy weather combined to create a crowd-pleasing event Saturday at the Pine Bluff Municipal Airport ... Dr. Herman Ginger (right) and Eric Stertmann examine the control panel of one of the experimental airplanes Saturday morning during the fly-in and car show at the Pine Bluff Municipal Airport. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
CROWDS ATTEND MASS FLU CLINIC AT PINE BLUFF Oct 31, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... CROWDS ATTEND MASS FLU CLINIC AT PINE BLUFF ... They began arriving as early as 6 a.m. well before daylight and an hour before the scheduled 7 a.m. opening for the daylong flu shot clinic Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Pac-10 Men's Basketball Composite Schedule Oct 31, 2009
Arkansas - Pine Bluff @ Arizona State ... Arkansas - Pine Bluff @ Oregon. (Pac-10.org)
BOOK CLUB OFFERS SERIES ON ‘SOUL FOOD’ HISTORY Oct 31, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Partnering with the Pine Bluff High School History Club and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff s Freshman Speaker Series, Harbor City will host Food For Thought: Reclaiming the Roots of Soul Food from 7:55 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Monday and on Tuesday from 11:38 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. in the PBHS Little Theater ... The Harbor City Book Club thanks the Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation for sponsoring the presentations. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
DRUG DEAL GONE BAD GIVES WAY TO ROBBERY NEAR PINE BLUFF ARSENAL Oct 30, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A reported robbery near the Plainview Gate to the Pine Bluff Arsenal Wednesday was reportedly the result of a drug deal gone bad ... McNeil said investigators arrested James Wilson, 31, Leroy Tyler, 39, and Sherri Wilson, 34, all of Pine Bluff, who were taken into custody after investigators arrested them in the 800 block of East 14th Avenue. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
ELECTRONIC SCRAP RECYCLING EVENT SET Oct 30, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Sumner, the executive director of the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Clean and Beautiful Commission, said volunteers will be accepting such items at Pine Bluff Household Hazardous Recycling Collection Center at 16th Avenue and Pennsylvania Streets for the city s Electronic Scrap Recycling Event ... From Pine Bluff, the electronic waste will go to UNICOR Recycling Factory in Texarkana, said David Trulock, the city collection center s manager. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
KIPP FOUNDER WANTS TO BRING CHARTER PROGRAM TO PINE BLUFF IN 2011 Oct 30, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The founder of an Arkansas charter school program that has generated significant improvement in student test scores wants to bring the program to Pine Bluff ... Scott Shirey, executive director of the KIPP Delta College Preparatory Academy School at Helena told the West Pine Bluff Rotary Club Thursday that he hopes to bring a KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) school to the city in 2011. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR ENCHANTED LAND OF LIGHTS AND LEGENDS Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... We ve never faced this situation before, the water s due to come back up in a few days and we just got them cleaned Friday, said Greg Gustek, director of Pine Bluff Convention and Visitors Bureau. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Ark. State eyes trip to Louisville Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... -Pine Bluff 16, Southern U. 12. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PB SCHOOL BOARD OKs EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT PLAN Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The Pine Bluff School Board approved minority personnel recruitment plans and program assurances for No Child Left Behind Tuesday night to be submitted to Arkansas Department of Education ... Pine Bluff Superintendent Frank Anthony spoke of the minority recruitment. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Roger Wyatt (597) Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Mr. Wyatt was born April 6, 1943, in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Robert Guy Sam Wyatt and Ivy Nugent Wyatt ... Mr. Wyatt was reared and received his education in Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
TREASURE SHOW STARTS Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Dan Carey (right), a buyer for The Great Treasure Hunt Roadshow, examines an autographed 8X10 photo of The Beatles that Joyce and Jesse Stringfellow of Pine Bluff brought to the Roadshow, along with a few ounces of gold jewelry Tuesday afternoon at the Ramada Hotel ... Pine Bluff Commercial/Ralph Fitzgerald. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PB PLANNING COMMISSION RULES ON HOME BUSINESSES Oct 28, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The Pine Bluff Planning Commission tackled home businesses at its Tuesday night meeting ... Commissioners voted to approve definitions of home businesses, which will be passed on to the Pine Bluff City Council for consideration in the form of an ordinance. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
WEED AND SEED WILL HOST RED RIBBON EVENTS Oct 27, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... At 9 a.m., Pine Bluff School Board member the Rev. Jimmy L. Fisher Sr. will address students at Greenville Elementary School ... Students at both schools will have opportunities to win basketballs, footballs and baseballs that have been autographed by UAPB s Athletic director, football, basketball, baseball head coaches along with their players, the Jefferson County sheriff, Pine Bluff mayor, Pine Bluff police chief and city and county elected officials. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
WYATT REMEMBERED FOR 42 YEARS AS WH EDUCATOR Oct 27, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The Pine Bluff native and long-time school teacher at the White Hall High School was the son of the late Robert Guy Sam Wyatt and Ivy Nugent Wyatt ... Wyatt graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1961. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Pine Bluff woman dies after duplex explosion Oct 26, 2009
(AP) - Authorities say a Pine Bluff woman who was severely burned when her duplex exploded has died. Pulaski County Coroner says 64-year-old Francis Howard suffered burns on 70 percent of her body. (KSLA.com, LA)
J.T. DAVIS (337) Oct 26, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... was born Jan. 11, 1989 in Pine Bluff, Ark. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
FORDYCE RETAILERS LEAD STATE IN LOTTERY SALES Oct 25, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Sandy Johnson, owner of Pawn City on East Harding Avenue in Pine Bluff, said his business has shorter hours and therefore won t sell as many tickets as some other locations. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
BAILEY APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT UAPB Oct 25, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Marilyn Bailey has been appointed director of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff s Child Development Center ... The Pine Bluff native has experience and training as a human development and family studies educator. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
CONCERT FANS FRUSTRATED BY SUBSTITUTE ARTIST, NO REFUNDS Oct 25, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... More than 200 people crowded in and around the Pine Bluff Convention Center Saturday night, many upset because they had bought tickets to hear Frankie Beverly and Maze and were told the group wouldn t appear ... The biggest problem for most seemed to be the fact that this concert was promoted during the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff s homecoming, although it was not an official part of UAPB s scheduled activities. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
MOTORCADE CLUB BRINGS VISITORS THROUGH CITY SITES Oct 25, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... were disappointed they wouldn t be able to visit the International Paper Co., but soon found reasons to be pleasantly surprised at other tourist spots in Pine Bluff, as well as in other areas of the state ... We knew about Pine Bluff because our daughter, at one time, was an intern at International Paper and told us we should tour the plant, but. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PARADE OFFERS REUNIONS, FOOD, FUN Oct 25, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... The aroma of grilled hot dogs, burgers and ribs floated over downtown Pine Bluff Saturday morning as thousands of mostly black -and-gold-clad supporters of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff gathered to watch the annual homecoming parade ... University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff homecoming parade-goers, lining Main Street, snap photographs of the Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South as it passes Saturday morning. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
HOMECOMING ASSEMBLY STARTS WEEKEND OFF STRONG Oct 24, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Harold and Deborah Vault, class of 1946, held hands as they stepped up to the microphone Friday morning during the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff s homecoming assembly ... Members of UAPB s Class of 1999 show a little class spirit Thursday morning during the annual Alumni Assembly at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
HOUSE FIRE LEAVES ONE INJURED Oct 24, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A Pine Bluff woman was burned after her house caught on fire and exploded abut 2 p.m. Friday ... A Pine Bluff firefighter works on extinguishing the flames consuming a duplex at 5105/5107 Jones Street Thursday afternoon in Dollarway. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
SOCIAL SERVICE, JOBLESS BENEFITS IN HIGH DEMAND Oct 23, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Lee Turner, Arkansas Department of Human Services Jefferson County administrator, shares a laugh with the members of the West Pine Bluff Rotary Club Thursday afternoon at Pine Bluff Country Club ... Pine Bluff Commercial/Ralph Fitzgerald. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
RAINS RETURN, BUT NOT FOR LONG, WEATHER SERVICE SAYS Oct 23, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... 58 inches of rain fell in the Pine Bluff area Thursday as of late afternoon bringing the October rainfall total to date to about 9 ... According to the NWS website, the Pine Bluff area received nearly 52 inches of rain for the year by Oct. 22 last year. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
MAYOR: POVERTY MAJOR ISSUE IN PINE BLUFF Oct 22, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... Mayor Carl A. Redus Jr. said Wednesday that he ll try to turn Pine Bluff s inclusion on Forbes magazine s recent list of the 10 poorest cities in America into a positive as he seeks help from state and national leaders ... Pine Bluff was ranked third on the Forbes list along with nine other cities, and the magazine said it compiled the list using data from the U.S. Census Bureau s 2008 American Community Survey and other criteria including per capita... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
GRADY BYPASS LANES OPEN Oct 22, 2009
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition ... A contract for the widening of a five-mile stretch of U.S. 65 in Lincoln and Desha counties was awarded to Pine Bluff company Graves and Associates in August ... 7 million, would complete widening of the highway to four-lanes from Pine Bluff to Lake Village. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Waste district nears carbon credit agreement Oct 22, 2009
In August, Glenda Dean, corporate trust officer with Simmons First Trust Company in Pine Bluff, said the district will save more than $19,000 in interest payments by paying off the bonds early. The budget committee also presented its 2010 proposed budget, which the board decided to table passage of until the next meeting in order that non-committee board members be able to adequately review it and ask questions. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Dollars: 2nd VP for counties Oct 22, 2009
Courtesy photo Greene County Judge Jesse Dollars (right) is sworn in as second vice president of the County Judges Association of Arkansas by the Hon. Paul Danielson, Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in Pine Bluff during the associations Sept. 23-25 meeting ... Dollars, who will serve a two-year term, was installed by the Hon. Paul Danielson, a justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court, during a ceremony held in conjunction with the County Judges Association of Arkansas annual fall meeting... (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
