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Mandy Davis, co-chair of the Oct. 22 Sleep Out in the Rock, is quick to point out the event is not intended to give eventgoers an idea of what it is like to be homeless.

A nonprofit organization that operates in Little Rock and seven other states that is wanting to become the first operator of a homeless shelter in Pine Bluff made a pitch to city leaders Thursday, saying the first year of operations would cost the city more than a half-million dollars. City officials said much of that money would come from outside sources.

A women's shelter director and homeless shelter operator have presented proposals to manage Opportunity House in Pine Bluff to a review committee including Mayor Shirley Washington and other city officials.

The office of Mayor Shirley Washington recently gave an update on several initiatives and projects happening in Pine Bluff, specifically concerning the former Bank of America building, Opportunity House, Enterprise Fleet Management and Pine Bluff Aquatics, as well as a field trip city officials took to Texarkana.

Little Rock is reviving a program that pays homeless individuals hourly wages for day labor after the city board of directors approved a $150,000 contract last week.

Little Rock is reviving a program that pays homeless individuals hourly wages for day labor after the city board of directors approved a $150,000 contract last week.

The directors of Our House and Jericho Way, along with Little Rock's homeless services advocate, said the pandemic has brought unique challenges to providing assistance.

Should you want to keep track of Jessica Dearnley, it'd be in your best interest not to blink.

A homeless man on parole who stabbed another man to death outside the Jericho Way homeless day resource center has accepted a 20-year prison sentence for the slaying and an unrelated Dollar General robbery that occurred about three weeks before the killing.

A woman without shoes approached Canvas Community Church from the intersection of Seventh and Ringo streets in Little Rock on Wednesday afternoon.