Pine Bluff City Council heard second reading Sept. 21 of an ordinance rezoning about 3.09 acres at 104 N. Bryant St. to B-4 General Commercial after Planning Commission approval Aug. 25.
Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail organizers plan a fourth 2026 hometown marker for James Yancey “Taildragger” Jones during Taildragger Day in Altheimer on Oct. 24.
Convention Center staff told the Civic Auditorium Complex Commission that a UAPB/AM&N National Alumni Association Fifty Under 50 program is among upcoming bookings as August event traffic stayed busy.
ADE letter grades show Pine Bluff’s Broadmoor Elementary rising from F to C and White Hall’s secondary campuses improving from F to C, even as PBSD and Watson Chapel remain F districts.
The NAACP Drew County Branch will host its 2026 Freedom Fund Banquet at 6 p.m. Oct. 17 at Monticello High School, with keynote pastor Clarence Thornton of JoyNet Radio; tickets $50.
Emergency Ambulance Service Inc. will celebrate its 25th anniversary at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center with featured speaker Melinda Mayo; semi-formal attire.
The Arkansas MLK Commission recognized the NAACP Drew County Branch, Stuttgart MLK Unity Alliance and Crossett’s MLK Jr. Organization during the 2026 National MLK Conference at the State Capitol.
