A group of soldiers who returned to Arkansas from Iraq in December will gather at Pine Bluff next weekend for a time of retreat and reunion.

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SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL Dermott School District students received art awards at the Southeast Arkansas Regional Art Show sponsored by the Southeast Arkansas Art Educators Association.

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SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL DERMOTT — Dermott High School history teacher Bernice Donald has been named as a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ new Picturing America initiative.

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The Pine Bluff City Council agenda has one resolution for its Monday night meeting.

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Pine Bluff police are bringing back a community service program to offer free dead-bolt locks, peepholes and home security checks to city residents.

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Though they won’t get to compete at the state level, Pine Bluff High School teacher Mattie Collins couldn’t be prouder of the 11 students she helped prepare for a regional mock trial competition held at the Jefferson County Courthouse Saturday.

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In the Joint Information Center on Main Street onTuesday, the focus was all about getting word of a chemical accident at the Pine Bluff Arsenal out to the public — and making sure it was accurate.

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SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL Dermott — Dermott High School has announced the winners of its annual science fair. The science fair included entries from students in grades 7-12.

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SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL MONTICELLO — Computer programming teams from the University of Arkansas at Monticello captured first and second place in the CIS COBOL division of the 2009 Arkansas Collegiate Programming Contest held recently at the University of Central Arkansas.

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SPRINGDALE — Northwest Arkansas will have one opening, and possibly two, in the starting pitching rotation and it appears that Everett Teaford is a strong bet to take one of the spots.

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