Pine Bluff News

Jerry O. Payne could bring 28 years of experience to the position of Superintendent of Webster Parish Schools, if selected.

When U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Massarelli, 32, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year on June 24, initial reports said that it was the result of a truck he was riding in being hit by an improvised explosive device.That has turned out not to be the case, according to his parents Pat and Mary Massarelli of Hamilton.

THOMAS Edward Townsend, M.D., of Pine Bluff, Ark., known as Tom Ed as long as can be recalled, was the kind of doctor you'd want for your child, the kind of citizen any community needs, and the kind of pillar every church relies on.

A local charity is the target of tire thieves, and administrators are now working to find a way to cover the loss without costing services to those they help.

Girls Inc. of Fort Smith recently presented more than $10,000 to Sarah Edgmon, Destiny Gordon, Jessie May, Stephanie Poarch, Danielle Huggins, Kylie Ballard and Rebecca Bass.

Latasha Cannon PINE BLUFF, AR - Police in Pine Bluff say an infant is dead and his mother is charged in the death.

Federal agents are back out at the New Boston, TX home of a couple reportedly under investigation in connection with the ricin-laced letters sent to public officials last week.

The founder of USA Drug has died at his home in Pine Bluff. Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that 71-year-old Stephen LaFrance Sr. died Wednesday.

Today, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff begins developing a new Baccalaureate Nursing Program.

The program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff announced Monday that is launching a public education initiative aimed at Latinos.

Little Rock television station KATV reports that the collision happened at about 9:30 p.m. at 17th Avenue and Miramar Drive.

Blake Bayird, 19, died in the crash, while Scott Lansdale, 17, was injured while traveling north at approximately 3:45 a.m. on Highway 13 in Drew County.

The Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame will induct seven new members next month in North Little Rock, including former decathlete Greg Culp and Elbert Stinson, a top sprinter during the mid-1960 s at Arkansas AM&N Also scheduled to be inducted at 6:30 p.m. June 8 at the Wyndham Riverfront Little Rock hotel in North Little Rock are Glenn Babb , ... (more)

The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River in as recent heavy rains have caused flows to rise.

Any jazz lover happening to drive through the Little Rock area between the 1st and the 8th of June will be a lucky person.