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The city of Pine Bluff will present its annual Juneteenth Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 15 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center arena.

FAYETTEVILLE -- For Wayne Pinnock, 26 feet, 4 1/4 inches translated to more than 2,000 miles.

One year and a state championship later, Pine Bluff High School senior Randy Emerson Jr. is moving on to continue pursuing his basketball dreams.

Last season, Pine Bluff football coach Micheal Williams often praised his defense.

FAYETTEVILLE -- No points will be awarded at the NCAA West Track and Field First Round events that begin Wednesday at the University of Arkansas John McDonnell Field, but scoring opportunities are on the line.

LaCandyce Lee welcomes visitors to the Watson Chapel High School graduation Friday night at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Lee delivered the welcoming address as senior class president and was also the salutatorian of the class. Lee, who serves on the usher board at Old St. James Missionary Baptist Church, also earned more than $176,000 in scholarships. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)

The first Community Cook n Swap will be held from 2-4 p.m. June 1 inside the Creative Construction Zone at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 S. Main St., part of the ARTx3 Campus.

Rebuilding a roster decimated by the transfer portal is the first task for new University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff womens basketball coach Erica Leak, and she targeted the Memphis area for her first three signees.

Ivan Whitfield, former Pine Bluff council member and now president of the NAACPs local chapter, released the details of "The Peoples Plan" on Monday, based on a series of community town hall meetings hosted by the NAACP to take the place of the failed Go Forward Pine Bluff-sponsored sales tax.

FAYETTEVILLE -- No points will be awarded at the NCAA West Track and Field First Round events that begin Wednesday at the University of Arkansas John McDonnell Field, but scoring opportunities are on the line.