Former Pine Bluff Police Department Sergeant Charles Clark has resigned from his position as a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy following his arrest last week on charges stemming from his previous ...

On September 7, 2026 Grant County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an address in the 3000 block of Highway 270 West for a shooting. Once on scene it was discovered that two individuals had suffered ...

Legislation approved by the U.S. House this week could benefit the developing lithium industry in South Arkansas by expanding access to a federal process intended to accelerate permitting for mining ...

A Pine Bluff nonprofit working to expand affordable housing and construction workforce training has received $15,000 through a partnership between Relyance Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of ...

Simmons Bank plans to close two Jefferson County branches in December as part of a larger restructuring that will eliminate 26 locations across the company’s six-state footprint. The affected local ...

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to more than 700 calls for service and conducted more than 1,000 security checks during August, according to the department’s latest activity ...

A Drew County jury has convicted a McGehee man in connection with a 2023 shooting in Wilmar that left two people dead. 27-year-old Taiwan V. Collins was convicted September 2nd of two counts of ...

Watson Chapel Junior High School and Watson Chapel High School will host a joint annual Title I Parent and Family Meeting on Tuesday, September 8th, giving families an opportunity to learn more about ...

When severe weather threatened the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s (UAM) fall semester welcome-back concert, a new student lounge became the unexpected hero. On the evening of August 18, UAM ...

Watson Chapel School District has distributed naloxone to nurses and principals throughout the district as part of an effort to increase preparedness for opioid-related emergencies. District ...

Legislation that would require automakers to provide AM radio in new vehicles is headed for a vote before the full U.S. House after years of efforts to move the proposal through Congress. House ...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) welcomed representatives from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law on Sept. 1 for a campus meet-and-greet designed ...