Content Tagged 'Pine Bluff'

A spokesperson for the police department says investigators are considering charges.

After nearly six months of discussions and debate, the City of Pine Bluff has settled on a residency requirement for city employees and department heads.

Pine Bluff Police said a Monday night shooting killed a 54-year-old woman. They don't believe she was the intended target.

City and education officials share details about what this program has to offer.

Three men facing capital murder charges for the shooting death of a Pine Bluff grandmother appear in court. Police release identity of fourth wanted man.

21-year-old Ramon Mathews is charged with shooting 50-year-old Randy Warren.

Neighbors of the Westside loop community fear a halfway house for level 3 and 4 sex offenders in the area is a major safety risk.

City's recent passage of the 5/8 cent sales tax gets some of the credit.

22-year-old Ivory Jones is being held without bond on First Degree Murder.

38-year-old Eloise Sykes is back with her family.

Yesterday, police say a man was attacked, then pulled a gun.

City leaders in Pine Bluff have suggested uprooting an entire division of the police department and moving it across town.

Laurell Hall has worked tirelessly keep her daughter's name and face in the spotlight.

A man pulled a gun Thursday after being struck.

The owner of a Pine Bluff gospel radio station is shot in his hometown while trying to help a man he saw lying along a street.

The Mayor of Pine Bluff held a second town hall meeting Monday night since taking office in January.

Business owners worry potential furloughs for Pine Bluff Arsenal employees could hurt the local economy.

A man died Friday after the log truck he was driving lost control on an I-530 exit ramp in Pine Bluff.

The Pine Bluff City Council is considering a new residency ordinance after months of strife over two existing laws requiring department heads to live within city limits.

Jonathan Jones is facing a Capital Murder charge.

Pine Bluff police officers travel on foot to get the word out about Neighborhood Watch programs.

Man survives suicide attempt, is hospitalized in Little Rock.

A press conference today to announce the event included children, as well as the Mayor and Police Chief.

Students will be sent to three of four of the district’s K-5 schools.

On Easter Day, 16 years ago, Flossie Lee received the phone call no mother ever wants to answer. Since then, she's held a vigil in his honor every year.

Parents with children at Greenville Elementary School in Pine Bluff may want to mark their calendars for a public meeting to decide if the school will remain open.

Pine Bluff Police say 27-year-old William Brown is in jail after taking two nurses hostage shortly after 12:30pm Thursday.

The fire at K and K Auto Salvage Yard on Princeton Pike in Jefferson County broke out around 2:00 p.m..

Dr. Laurence B. Alexander, associate dean of the Graduate School and director of the Office of Minority Programs at the University of Florida, has been nominated to be the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

The Pine Bluff Arsenal is preparing for possible furlough days.

Newly elected Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth fired police chief Brenda Davis-Jones Tuesday.

The Pine Bluff city council met for its first regularly scheduled meeting with Debe Hollingsworth as mayor Monday night. The council was in executive session for 30 minutes discussing what to do with the appointment of interim chief of police Jeff Hubanks, without resolution.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff claimed a piece of history for its football program this weekend, with a 24-21 overtime win over Jackson State.

Hundreds of residents turned out for Debe Hollingsworth’s first town hall meeting as mayor Monday night, even giving her a standing ovation after her State of the City address.

The Kingfest Martin Luther King parade is held in downtown Pine Bluff Monday.

Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of an adult and a child from a home that burned early Friday.

Natural State native Congressman Tom Cotton reached out to Arkansas farmers on Tuesday.

The City of Pine Bluff is considering an ordinance to settle residency questions for city positions, namely the fire and police chief.

Monday night, Pine Bluff city leaders discussed the possibility of requiring convenience store and restaurant owners to install security cameras.

One person died in an unusual crash south of Pine Bluff just before midnight Wednesday.

The newly minted mayor of Pine Bluff did not have much to say about the firing of Brenda Davis-Jones after a specially called city council meeting on Friday.

Detectives in Pine Bluff have filed probable cause capital murder charges in connection to the January shooting death of Roy Haltiwanger.

The jury decided in favor of Chaderious Avery, the teenager involved in that attack and court chief of staff Roderick Shelby will have to pay him $6,003. However, no punitive damages against Shelby.

The City of Pine Bluff wants delinquent business owners to pay their taxes, and it might start fining them if they don't.

New crime statistics place some Arkansas cities in the most dangerous category.

A man the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) says is a Pine Bluff police officer has been arrested for felony theft.

candidates have been selected to participate in campus visits in the nationwide search for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

A former juvenile jail inmate attacked by a court official last year in Pine Bluff took the stand in a federal civil trial Tuesday.

A 24-year-old man is dead after his truck hit a tree on Highway 79.

An ambulance and a school bus were involved in an accident in Pine Bluff Wednesday evening.