Does bowing your head and closing your eyes make your prayer time more effective? Can you connect with God better that way? Does the Bible command us to bow our heads and close our eyes? I remember as ...

Charlie Nelms, Ed.D, a leader in higher education, civic activist, author and philanthropist, will serve as the 2024 UAPB Homecoming parade grand marshal. The parade will be held at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 26 ...

Does our fair city have a publicist in Hollywood? A few months ago, I was watching an episode of the CW's "Wild Cards" -- a series about a disgraced cop paired with a female con artist to seek ...

This time of the year is good at fooling people. Because we associate the fall with cooler, wetter weather, it's easy to think that when the temperature breaks, as it has over the past few days, the ...

Two Jefferson County schools will meet up Friday night, each looking for a much-needed win. White Hall will host county rival Watson Chapel at 7 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium. This game starts a stretch of ...

Just a year ago, a 3-game win streak following an overtime loss to Mills University Studies sealed the 5A-Central Conference championship for a Pine Bluff High School football team that didn't make ...

Editor's Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at [email protected] or use ...

NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St., will host its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon at 2 p.m. Saturday in the church's fellowship hall. The speaker will be Dr. Yara Robertson of CARTI Cancer ...

MONTICELLO -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders highlighted the impending impact the Arkansas Forest Health Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello will have on the entire state at its ...

The concert hosted by the Port City Blues Society featured an Oklahoma City-based four piece known as Dirty Red and the Soul Shakers. This installment of the MK Distributors' sponsored Blues by ...

Arkansas will celebrate the annual John H. Johnson Day in his birthplace, Arkansas City, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at the John H. Johnson Cultural and Educational Museum. Former owner of Johnson ...

The Christian Women's Connection invites the community to its luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Pine Bluff Country Club. The special event will be a silent auction bake sale and White ...