PINE BLUFF — Pine Bluff police forced their way into the home of 53-year-old Steve Bostain and arrested him early Thursday afternoon following a standoff that lasted several hours. There were no reported injuries.

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PINE BLUFF — Mayor Carl A. Redus Jr. said there is no validity to the concerns brought up at a Pine Bluff City Council meeting about the city's ownership of the Duck Inn nightclub on University Drive.

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PINE BLUFF — Former Police Chief John Howell came within one vote of being reinstated at Monday's Pine Bluff City Council meeting. Aldermen voted 5-3 to reinstate Howell, who was fired by Mayor Carl

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PINE BLUFF — The first phase of a $1.3 million renovation of the terminal at Grider Field Municipal Airport is nearly halfway complete, and airport manager Doug Hale is hopeful the phase will be finished by the Memorial Day weekend in time for the annual Black Pilots of America fly-in.

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PINE BLUFF — Pine Bluff clergy gathered in a public show of support for the Pine Bluff Police Department's illegal-gun-seizure initiative and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department's zero-tolerance campaign.

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LITTLE ROCK — It’s been nine years since the Arkansas Legislature first passed a law requiring schools to look at the issue of grade inflation, but lately the issue has received an unprecedented amount of attention thanks to a new development.

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Students tested their legal knowledge and courtroom skills Saturday as teams from five high schools participated in a regional mock trial competition at the Jefferson County Courthouse.

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After several years of talking about it, and more than a year to build it, the new District Court building will be open for business Monday.

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A search-and-rescue expert taught the first part of an introductory course at Southeast Arkansas College on Saturday in an effort to increase the number of qualified rescue volunteers in the southeast part of the state.

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

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