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First Delta Blues Trail marker honors Bobby Rush
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (616+ words) SHERRILL " Beginning mid-morning June 6, crowds began gathering beneath the pleasant shade of spreading oaks in the field next to the Sherrill Fire Station and City Hall." A town with a population of 53 swelled to well over 600 while blues lovers and…...
Pine Bluff Chamber hears benefits of Issue 3
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (803+ words) This story was originally printed June 5. Issue 3 would allow for the creation of local economic development districts where increases in property tax or sales tax revenue could be used to fund bonds issued for improvements and incentives for projects. "Each…...
Jefferson County Quorum Court ends Robinson's era with familiar divisions
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (767+ words) Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson's final regular Quorum Court meeting before his June 30 retirement ended much the way many of the county's meetings have over the last two years " with competing agendas, procedural disputes and disagreements over authority. What began…...
Small craft advisory issued for Arkansas River
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (211+ words) LITTLE ROCK " The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Mc Clellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas has resulted in Arkansas River flows exceeding 70, 000 cubic feet…...
UAPB alumnus Boyce Hamlet appointed Chairman of Arkansas Post-Prison Transfer Board
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (404+ words) University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff alumnus Boyce Hamlet has been appointed chairman of the Arkansas Post-Prison Transfer Board, adding another leadership role to a career spanning more than two decades in law enforcement, public safety and criminal justice. Hamlet,…...
Arkansas cotton, soybean planting pushes toward finish as June "Acreage" surveys get underway
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (446+ words) JONESBORO, Ark. " Soggy weather is slowing cotton growers in Arkansas as the planting window closes, but strong prices may push farmers to finish the job, extension specialists said. Cotton was 88 percent planted, ahead of last year's 83 percent, but behind the…...
Southeast Arkansas athletes earn Arkansas Activities Association All-State recognition
1+ week, 1+ day ago (333+ words) Several student-athletes from Southeast Arkansas have been named to the Arkansas Activities Association's All-State teams for the 2026 spring sports season. The AAA recently announced its All-State selections, recognizing top performers from across the state in baseball and softball. Schools from…...
Boozman meets White Hall officials in D. C.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (169+ words) U. S. Sen. John Boozman recently met with White Hall city officials in his Washington, D. C. office. They discussed opportunities for continued growth and strengthening local partnerships, including ongoing collaboration to support the Pine Bluff Arsenal, which supports jobs and serves as an…...
Westerman touts transportation funding, defense economy, outdoors act
1+ week, 3+ day ago (381+ words) U. S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, said he will host a field hearing in Hot Springs during the second week in June to collect testimony for the Great American Outdoors Act, a bipartisan bill passed in 2020 to shore up funding for…...
Grammy Award-Winning Blues Legend Bobby Rush to be honored with historic marker in Sherrill
1+ week, 6+ day ago (516+ words) Grammy Award-winning musician Bobby Rush will be honored with the dedication and unveiling of the first historical marker along the newly established Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. The event takes place at 10 a. m. June 6 at 201 E. Main St. in Sherrill." The ceremony…...