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Pine Bluff-based rice mill co-owner PJ Haynie -- a fifth-generation farmer from the coastal plains of Virginia -- is working in Arkansas to promote sustainable farming and to advocate for underserved rice producers.

As Simmons Banks 120th anniversary approaches, the Pine Bluff-based company has found regional success expanding its footprint into five of its surrounding states over the past 13 years.

A Pine Bluff man who pleaded guilty last August to federal gun charges was sentenced to five years and one month in prison in a plea deal worked out with the government that his attorney and the prosecutor said would give him a chance to break a yearslong cycle of violence.

While several organizations say they are on track to meet their fundraising goals, some have experienced slight dips in support.

Sissy’s Log Cabin CEO Bill Jones has been appointed to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Wednesday.

Being in the business of managing trust funds of customers for 100 years is a rare feat, but Simmons Bank has reached that milestone.

There are a couple of new online-based outlets covering news in Arkansas. One is already up and running, while the other plans to be in business by the end of the summer.

For the first time in more than a quarter-century, voters in Perry and Pulaski counties will not see Larry Jegley's name on the ballot for Sixth Judicial District prosecuting attorney.

Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff and White Hall school district students scored higher than the state average on ACT Aspire math tests in four different grade levels during the 2020-21 school year, according to information from the Arkansas Department of Education.

Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff and White Hall school district students scored higher than the state average on ACT Aspire math tests in four different grade levels during the 2020-21 school year, according to information from the Arkansas Department of Education.