Jefferson County News

According to the Arkansas State Police's website there were three fatal accidents on this past 4th of July and all three of the victims were under the age of 25, one of them just 5 years old.

Three months ago, the Jefferson County sheriff's office arrested Jeffery Dziemiela on a felony warrant for not paying child support.

A Pine Bluff resident is being sought for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting of a man whose body was found in a ditch.

It's been a busy afternoon of late filings by the Arkansas Supreme Court in addition to their Thursday morning opinion release.

Jefferson County deputies are looking for suspects after a body was found just south of Pine Bluff city limits.

Authorities in Jefferson County say the body of a man has been found in a ditch by a motorist near Pine Bluff.

Jefferson County authorities are investigating what they believe may be a murder.

At around 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department were called to T J Moving and Storage at 310 North Hutchinson.

A man wanted for failing to report to his parole officer has been fatally shot by a prison guard as the man tried to flee from a contraband checkpoint at a prison unit in Jefferson County, according to a spokeswoman for the state Corrections Department.

A Jefferson County farmer who killed a woman by running her over with a tractor shouldn't face another trial, his lawyer told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday.

The constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy protects a Jefferson County man from being tried on a capital murder charge after a previous attempt to try him ended in a mistrial, the man's attorney argued Thursday before the state Supreme Court.

A shave, haircut and a blood pressure check? Three Pine Bluff barber shops are offering free blood pressure screenings for customers and drop-ins as part of a pilot program.

A 47-yearold Pine Bluff woman who appeared to pour gasoline on herself while in her vehicle fled police Monday afternoon before dying when her car exploded, authorities said.

The Arkansas Court of Appeals is upholding a state panel's decision to revoke the law enforcement certification of a former state trooper who resigned during an investigation into his suspected drug use.

A waiter at a Pine Bluff restaurant has been arrested for stealing a debit card from a patron and using it at Wal-Mart. The victim happened to be Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy David Harrell, who identified 20-year-old Terrell Boykins from store security video.

A Pine Bluff waiter is arrested after using someone else's credit card. The victim...a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy.

The once grand Bell Mansion, the center of social life here before and after the Civil War, has been reduced to a pile of brick, wood and dirt.

Jim Danaher's home at Island Harbor Estates is down the road from a marina near the Arkansas River, past a levee and a small bridge, at the end of a gravel road.

Saturday's heavy rain brought more problems for many Arkansans living in low lying areas.

The Arkansas River is already above flood level and it could be on the rise. Rain in the forecast has some residents in Pine Bluff nervous.