Weeks have gone by since Jefferson County employees last receieved a paycheck."They are hurting. When I say hurting, they are hurting," Allen said. "They haven' ...

By Ray King A $10,000 cash only bond was set Friday for a Pine Bluff man accused of stabbing another man Thursday. Jefferson ...

By Ray King A $10,000 cash only bond was set Friday for a Pine Bluff man accused of stabbing another man Thursday. Jefferson ...

Seven members of the Jefferson County Quorum Court held a meeting Thursday afternoon to address the ongoing budget issues.

Several Jefferson County Quorum Court members met Thursday night amid an ongoing struggle to pass a county budget for 2025, though without the county judge present.

On Thursday, many employees lined up to get groceries at a food giveaway in Jefferson County after the county government shutdown following disagreements over a budget during quorum court meetings.

With a budget impasse holding up payroll for employees in Jefferson County, community servants helped the local civil servants by organizing a food giveaway.

A Columbia County inmate has died in state custody. James Adam Wright Jr. died Friday, January 17, 2025 at the Larry B. Norris Unit, said Rand Champion, communications director for the Arkansas ...