Stories by Mike Linn

  • PB, county sales-tax votes put off to ’11

    Sales-tax proposals in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County have been postponed to February so that supporters of the taxes can better educate the public, an advoca…

    by Mike Linn August 3, 2010

  • Police: PB man’s death an accident

    An 18-year-old Pine Bluff man was found shot to death after an accident at a Pine Bluff motel early Friday, police say.

    by Mike Linn July 31, 2010

  • Leave to end for PB officers who shot man

    Two Pine Bluff police officers placed on administrative leave in the shooting of a Pine Bluff man last week are to return to work today, police said Wednesday.

    by Mike Linn July 29, 2010

  • Gould working on debt plan

    The acting mayor of Gould, the Lincoln County community that recently exited Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, is working on a new contingency plan to settle $9…

    by Mike Linn July 21, 2010

  • County needs tax for jobs, panel told

    Two Pine Bluff businessmen have asked the Jefferson County Quorum Court to put a countywide economic development sales-tax initiative on the September ballot.

    by Mike Linn July 5, 2010

  • Killers go on to rob bank

    Authorities are searching for two men who abducted and killed a Crossett woman, then used her car as the getaway vehicle in a North Crossett bank robbery Thurs…

    by Mike Linn July 2, 2010

  • New police chief takes reins in PB

    Brenda Davis-Jones took over as Pine Bluff’s new police chief Wednesday, winning the job over about 29 others who applied, although none came from within the P…

    by Mike Linn July 1, 2010

  • Female police chief PB’s first

    Pine Bluff officials will introduce the city’s first female police chief at a news conference today, 3 1 /2 months after Mayor Carl Redus terminated former Chi…

    by Mike Linn June 30, 2010

  • Mayor’s trip irks Helena council

    Some Helena-West Helena aldermen are upset that Mayor James Valley and 15 other city workers attended the Arkansas Municipal League conference this month witho…

    by Mike Linn June 27, 2010

  • 3-year-old in PB dies in fire

    A Wednesday afternoon fire took the life of an outgoing little boy who loved to play outdoors, the boy’s grandmother said Thursday.

    by Mike Linn June 25, 2010

  • Official urges PB to delete club laws

    A Pine Bluff alderman wants the city to get out of the business of regulating private clubs and has proposed allowing them to stay open 24 hours a day, seven d…

    by Mike Linn June 21, 2010

  • Search for flood’s victims ends

    The organized search for victims of a Friday flash flood in the Albert Pike Recreation Area ended Tuesday as U.S. Forest Service engineers and safety officers …

    by Mike Linn June 16, 2010

  • Girl’s body found, believed the last

    Search teams found the body of a young girl Monday near the Albert Pike Recreation Area, raising the death toll to 20 from Friday morning’s flash flooding.

    by Mike Linn June 15, 2010

  • Rescuers find 19th victim of flood

    Search and rescue teams found the body of a 19th flood victim Sunday and will continue to search today to find what officials believe is the last missing perso…

    by Mike Linn June 14, 2010

  • Plan to rename street for King put aside

    Carrying signs saying Hazel Street “ain’t broke,” residents came to the Pine Bluff City Council meeting Monday to express dissatisfaction over an alderman’s pr…

    by Mike Linn June 8, 2010

  • Website new stop for PB’s city data

    Pine Bluff has implemented a new mapping system that allows access to information on elections, education and government services by typing an address into the…

    by Mike Linn June 7, 2010

  • Another worker testifies in trial

    An employee of former Jefferson County Judge Jack Jones testified Tuesday that she worked on an estate for Jones for a year or two while on company time.

    by Mike Linn May 26, 2010

  • County workers testify in graft trial

    Jefferson County employees who worked under County Judge Jack Jones testified Monday that they worked on Jones’ property with county equipment while on county …

    by Mike Linn May 25, 2010

  • Former official’s trial set to begin

    Former Jefferson County Judge Jack Jones is scheduled to stand trial today in Jefferson County Circuit Court over allegations that he ordered county employees …

    by Mike Linn May 24, 2010

  • Mayor will reprimand 2 who work for Helena

    The mayor of Helena-West Helena said Wednesday that he plans to write a disciplinary letter to the city’s police chief, who sent an e-mail to aldermen accusing…

    by Mike Linn May 20, 2010

  • Peru ruler better in 2nd term, envoy says

    Peru’s President Alan Garcia “destroyed the country” during his first term in the late 1980s but has now steered Peru toward economic success, the nation’s amb…

    by Mike Linn May 18, 2010

  • Death penalty dropped in PB case

    Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against James Jordan III, who is accused of two counts of capital murder in the August 2008 beating deat…

    by Mike Linn May 17, 2010

  • Officers: Mayor’s nose in PB cases

    Pine Bluff Police Department officers testified Monday that Mayor Carl Redus is more involved in the Police Department than previous mayors and has sought crim…

    by Mike Linn May 11, 2010

  • Arsenal cutback prompts planning

    Economic development officials are developing a plan to help re-employ as many as possible of the 1,100 Pine Bluff Arsenal workers expected to lose their jobs …

    by Mike Linn May 3, 2010

  • Student exodus straps schools

    As the bell sounds, students at Hamburg High School file out of class and walk past four decades of senior class photos that hang high on the hallway walls.

    by Mike Linn May 2, 2010

  • 2 PB aldermen now on recall group’s list

    The coalition spearheading a recall effort against Pine Bluff Mayor Carl Redus Jr. is now seeking the recalls of two members of the City Council, a spokesman f…

    by Mike Linn April 28, 2010

  • Alderman charged with DWI

    A Helena-West Helena City Council member was arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday on a drunken driving charge, although the alderman said he had not been drinking.

    by Mike Linn April 28, 2010

  • Road likely to end PB shop

    Leroy Hayes is holding out a sliver of hope that his barber shop at 420 N. University Drive will still be standing for years to come, but he’s certain the chan…

    by Mike Linn April 26, 2010

  • Jurors in PB murder case detail verdict

    Two jurors who acquitted a Pine Bluff man in the beating deaths of an elderly couple said Wednesday that the defendant’s use of police lingo in his confession …

    by Mike Linn April 22, 2010

  • Man convicted of arson, burglary

    A Jefferson County jury found Jeremy Gipson guilty of arson and residential burglary but innocent of capital murder late Tuesday in the deaths of an elderly co…

    by Mike Linn April 21, 2010

  • Jurors hear tape with confession of fatal beating

    Jeremy Gipson admitted to breaking into an elderly couple’s home early on Aug. 26, 2008, and hitting 79-year-old Cleophas Boyd “twice in the head and once in t…

    by Mike Linn April 20, 2010

  • PB try at recall gaining ground

    A group attempting to get Mayor Carl Redus Jr. voted out of office say they have collected approximately 5,000 signatures on a petition for a recall election, …

    by Mike Linn April 19, 2010

  • Trial details fatal clubbing of PB couple

    Jeremy Gipson and James Jordan III used baseball bats to break through the window of an elderly couple’s Pine Bluff home and beat the couple to death in their …

    by Mike Linn April 17, 2010

  • Pilot in emergency lands on road near Monticello

    A pilot in a single-engine airplane dodged power lines and tractor-trailers to make an emergency landing Wednesday on U.S. 425 about seven miles north of Monti…

    by Mike Linn April 15, 2010

  • Economy in Delta focus of race

    Two term limited state representatives want to prolong their political careers through election to the Arkansas Senate.

    by Mike Linn April 12, 2010

  • Unhappy with mayor, PB group seeks recall

    A coalition of Pine Bluff residents wants to recall Mayor Carl Redus Jr. for what they describe as poor leadership skills and an inability to attract and retai…

    by Mike Linn April 10, 2010

  • PB investigated over used air conditioner

    The Arkansas State Police is investigating Pine Bluff’s Economic and Community Development Department after the department installed a used air-conditioning un…

    by Mike Linn April 10, 2010

  • Officials to reclaim PB arsenal alert radios

    Emergency management officials in Grant and Jefferson counties plan to collect radios that were given to residents to notify them in case of a chemical weapons…

    by Mike Linn April 5, 2010

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