Bowing to a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian, the Democratic majority in that chamber has abandoned efforts to mandate a $15 minimum wage as part of th...
by The Washington Post - March 2, 2021As President Joe Biden seeks to unwind his predecessor's immigration policies, he faces a balancing act: How to plead for patience without sending a message ...
March 2, 2021Clergy members head to shooting site
March 2, 2021The news of a school shooting in Pine Bluff on Monday left Mayor Shirley Washington searching for words following a news conference at the Pine Bluff Police ...
by I.C. Murrell - March 2, 2021Linda Johnson Rice, a journalist, publisher and former chairman/CEO of Johnson Publishing Co., formerly the parent company for Ebony and Jet magazines, will ...
by Byron Tate - March 2, 2021Just before 10 a.m. Monday, a 15-year-old male student is believed to have fired three gunshots at another 15-year-old male on a junior high school campus th...
by I.C. Murrell - March 2, 2021It was more good news for the city's water system.
by Byron Tate - March 2, 2021A 15-year-old male was listed in "very serious" condition and another was arrested after a shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School on Monday.
by I.C. Murrell - March 2, 2021All Pine Bluff schools, including Watson Chapel Junior High School, have been without school resource officers for about five months because the Pine Bluff P...
by Eplunus Colvin - March 2, 2021The student injured in a shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School has not died, Pine Bluff police spokesman Lt. David DeFoor clarified Monday afternoon.
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - March 1, 2021Coming from Hartford, Conn., Otisha Williams had two weeks of a college experience she was not expecting down south.
by I.C. Murrell - March 1, 2021A week of record-low temperatures may leave its mark on Arkansas' fire ant populations, but don't look for the cold to have reduced fly or tick numbers, Kell...
by Mary Hightower Special to The Commercial - March 1, 2021As they embark on their careers, two 2020 graduates of the Department of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff are eager to build on the fo...
by Will Hehemann Special to The Commercial - March 1, 2021WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service today announced Pamela A. Smith, a native of Pine Bluff, has been named the new chief of the United States Park Polic...
by Byron Tate - March 1, 2021This week, the spotlight shines on Boid Buie, the only one-armed star in professional basketball history, whose athletic prowess was nothing compared to his ...
by Special to The Commercial - March 1, 2021