Watson Chapel School District board members took a hard look at how students in grades 3-10 performed in multiple subjects during interim testing for the Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment last ...

If the Legislative Audit Committee was looking for a one-sided meeting in which the absent county judge was mercilessly hammered by his foe, they succeeded admirably. Last week, the committee took up ...

Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson responded to a recent state Legislative Audit that has uncovered several areas of noncompliance in Jefferson County, with findings ranging from the improper ...

When Jack Foster returned home after serving a prison sentence, he did not go into hiding, as many would have. As his attorney, Luther Sutter, noted at Foster's funeral in April, the local activist ...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff announced the addition of a new resource for students of all ages and the community. The Little STEM Library is a special gift from the Verizon Innovative ...

SEARK at Arkansas State Mid-South, West Memphis, 5:30 p.m.; UAM at Harding, Searcy, 5:30 p.m. Pine Bluff at eStem (girls), 6 p.m.; Warren at Sheridan (girls), 7 p.m. Charles Ripley Showcase at Little ...

The Arkansas Legislative Joint Auditing Committee voted Thursday to send an audit report covering various operations within Jefferson County government to the county's prosecuting attorney as well as ...

Six athletes originally from Pine Bluff will be among the first inductees into the newly created Jefferson County Sports Hall of Fame. Monte Coleman, Rickey Henderson, Torii Hunter, Don Hutson, Willie ...

The Pine Bluff Detective Office is asking for assistance locating 42-year-old Jeffery Ventress. Ventress is bald, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 160 pounds. Ventress is wanted in connection with a ...

Tobias Prall made eight 3-point baskets and scored a season-high 34 points Monday in Southeast Arkansas College's 90-80 men's basketball win over North Arkansas College at H.O. Clemmons Arena. Prall ...

Editor's Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at [email protected] or use ...

It was chilly, but it did not stop 40 Arkansas National Guard soldiers from Camp Robinson who helped United States Daughters of 1812 and others place wreaths on the graves of unknown service members ...