John Worthen
State Desk Reporter - Pine Bluff Bureau
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State Desk Reporter - Pine Bluff Bureau
Recent Stories by John Worthen
PB School Board gets an earful
posted: 05/24/2012 4 a.m. Comments 2
More than 100 people concerned about the Pine Bluff School District confronted the School Board on Wednesday night in a public forum.
2 seats on Court of Appeals up in air
posted: 05/23/2012 5:08 a.m.
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Faulkner County Circuit Judge Rhonda Wood of Conway and Brandon Harrison of Fort Smith appear headed to seats on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
Oil tank explodes, killing 3 workers
posted: 05/22/2012 2:24 a.m. Discuss
An explosion at an abandoned oil tank site west of El Dorado killed three employees of Long Brothers Oil Co. on Monday, a Union County Emergency Management official said.
PB to vote on taxes to aid pension funds
posted: 05/21/2012 4:24 a.m. Comment 1
Pine Bluff residents will decide Tuesday whether they want to help shore up the city’s cash strapped police and fire pension funds by increasing their property taxes 0.4 mills — 0.2 mills for each fund.
City voters weigh tax to pay for tourist ads
posted: 05/19/2012 5:13 a.m. Discuss
Arkadelphia City Manager Jimmy Bolt envisions flashy advertisements and eye-catching billboards advertising “the good life” in his city of just more than 10,000 residents.
Board votes to fire PB’s school chief
posted: 05/16/2012 4:43 a.m. Discuss
The status of the Pine Bluff School District superintendent remained unclear Tuesday night.
Bishop gives school a year
posted: 05/12/2012 4:57 a.m. Discuss
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has given St. Joseph Catholic High School in Pine Bluff a “year of grace,” allowing the financially strapped school to stay open for the 2012-13 school year, a news release from the diocese said Friday.
Crossed wires hold up disappearance inquiry
posted: 05/12/2012 4:45 a.m. Discuss
Evidence collected from a Pine Bluff home as part of an investigation into a woman’s disappearance wasn’t sent to the state Crime Laboratory in a timely manner because of miscommunication within the Pine Bluff Police Department, a department spokesman said Friday.
4 spots on appeals court draw 9
posted: 05/06/2012 3:38 a.m. Discuss
Nine candidates across the state are vying for four positions on the Arkansas Court of Appeals, while two incumbent judges on the court are running unopposed in the May 22 election.
Murder rattles Chicot County
posted: 05/05/2012 3:16 a.m. Discuss
Authorities said Friday that they have no suspects and few leads in the beating death of Chicot County Tax Collector Nell Johnson.
