The candidate filing period for 2010 partisan races starts at noon Monday and ends at noon March 8.

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Students eager to answer questions about black history competed in lightning fast rounds of the Knowledge Bowl 2010 on Thursday. Reminiscent of the game show Jeopardy, the event drew a crowd of all ages to the Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative. Students from the Pine Bluff School District partnered with parents to buzz in responses [...]

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For the second straight month, a Pine Bluff man suspected of a number of burglaries in Jefferson and other counties tops the list of Jefferson County’s Most Wanted felons.

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Jackson Brown King Architects is suing the Carlisle School District for $68,159.90 plus legal costs for breach of contract.

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The Arkansas-Monticello Cotton Blossoms began the game on a 20-4 run and held a 36-14 lead at halftime en route to a 70-55 victory over Southern Arkansas on Saturday in Magnolia. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and allowed the short-handed Blossoms to finish the season on a winning note.

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Carlisle Mayor Ray Glover announced during the Feb. 15 City Council meeting that Jeff Ward will be the new city public works superintendent.

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff athletic director Skip Perkins is pleased with the progress being made toward the ambitious Torii Hunter Baseball, Softball and Little League Complex, even though the project is a couple of months behind schedule and a bit smaller in scale than originally planned.

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff was already entering its game at Grambling State minus one starter. Then, right before the game, coach George Ivory decided to hold out Tavaris Washington, the Golden Lions’ fourth-leading scorer, because of a stomach virus.

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FORDYCE — Star City girls basketball coach Becky Brown knew the Dumas Lady Bobcats had a size advantage heading into their Class 4A South Region final Saturday at Paul “Bear” Bryant Arena. After all, the two had clashed two times during the regular season, with Star City coming out on top in both games.

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