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Council finally accepts $2 million for naming rights at 6th and Main

Monday, July 1 by Greg

By Ray KingBy a vote of 5-3, the Pine Bluff City Council on Monday approved a resolution giving Simmons Bank or the Simmons Foundation the right to place an ATM machine or other device on the property at 6th and Main and naming rights... Read More.

Home fire Monday afternoon on Hazel in Pine Bluff

Monday, July 1 by Greg

1:50 pm Monday July 1, 2024Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services is on the scene at a house fire at 30th and Hazel. At least 4 firetrucks called to the site.

PB Fire Department at 219 W 5th again Sunday afternoon

Sunday, June 30 by Greg

Sunday afternoon PB Fire and Emergency Services is battling a fire at 5th and Pine. Thursday night and again Friday PB Fire was called out to the same location multiple times and now on Sunday are at it again.PB Fire Chief Shawn Howell told... Read More.

Saturday night murder on Olive in Pine Bluff

Sunday, June 30 by Greg

On Saturday night June 29, 2024, just before 10:00 PM, Officers of the PBPD responded to a reported shooting at 4321 S. Olive, Village Green Apartments. When officers arrived, they were met by witnesses who directed them to #21. The door to apartment #21... Read More.

Police asking for help locating Corey Reed

Friday, June 28 by Greg

Pine Bluff Police Department Detective office is asking for assistance locating 19-year-old Corey Reed. Reed is wanted for an Aggravated Assault and Criminal Mischief that occurred in 2023. He is about 6' 1" tall and weighs around 170 lbs. Reed was last known to... Read More.

Pine Bluff Police looking for Pennister

Friday, June 28 by Greg

Pine Bluff Police Department Detective office is asking for assistance locating 55-year-old Terry Penister. Penister is wanted for several commercial burglaries in Pine Bluff over the past few months and is a parole absconder. He is about 5' 10" tall and weighs around 160 lbs.... Read More.

Letter to the editor – Irene Holcomb

Friday, June 28 by Greg

Deltaplex NewsRay KingDear Editor:As an octogenarian and a positive communitarian, I take great pride in writing this letter to the Editor.Paraphrasing a former school superintendent in the Pine Bluff School District, Dr. Frank Anthony, “I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly... Read More.

Lookout guy falls asleep, bond set 25K each for 2 men caught trying steal oil machine

Thursday, June 27 by Greg

By Ray KingBonds of $25,000 each were set Thursday for two Pine Bluff men accused of breaking into a warehouse and trying to steal an oil machine and scrap metal.Jefferson County District Judge Kim Bridgforth set the bonds for Christopher Millard, 43, and Mateo... Read More.

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Posey pleads not guilty, no bond given

Tuesday, June 25 by Greg

Travis Eugene Posey the suspect in the mass shooting in Fordyce Friday plead not guilty in his first court appearance Tuesday.Posey entered pleas of not guilty in Ouachita County to four counts of capital murder and ten charges of attempted capital murder for the... Read More.

Flags in Arkansas to be flown half staff after Fordyce mass shooting

Monday, June 24 by Greg

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has directed the United States flag and the Arkansas State flag to fly at half-staff in memory of the four Arkansans who tragically lost their lives as a result of the senseless shooting on June 21st, 2024, in Fordyce, Arkansas.... Read More.

UAPB on lockdown from bomb threat

Monday, June 24 by Greg

Monday morning UAPB received a bomb threat that university officials tell Deltaplexnews they are taking seriously and that campus is closed and on lockdown. Law enforcement officials are sweeping the campus.

4th Victim dies from Friday mass shooting in Fordyce

Sunday, June 23 by Greg

A fourth victim injured in Friday’s Fordyce grocery store shooting passed way Saturday evening.A total of 14 people were injured from gunfire Friday, June 21, 2024, including 11 civilians, two law enforcement officers and the suspect.Those killed in the shooting were all civilians. They... Read More.