Martavius Proctor News Today

A total of 357 voted Tuesday on the first day of early voting for the Preferential Primary Election in Jefferson County.

Editors note: This is the third of a four-part series.

MarTavius Proctor, a senior at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, announced his candidacy for 4th Ward Pine Bluff City Council member.

Representatives from the Arkansas Black Mayors Association and Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington were taken to task over persistent flooding problems and whether Pine Bluff could lose federal funding if the city decides to pursue completion of watershed projects on its own.

On Tuesday afternoon Assistant Attorney General of the United States Kristen Clarke made a stop at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.

The nations first woman and first African American leader of the U.S. Department of Justices Civil Rights Division spread the message of voting importance at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on Tuesday.

Superintendent Barbara Warren's plan was to outline the goals of a Pine Bluff School District facilities committee with minimal back-and-forth between her and attendees at a Tuesday night meeting, but the more than 100 people inside Pine Bluff High School's cafeteria made their voices heard anyway.