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“With kids getting out of school, with the crime the way it is here in Memphis, I really think a curfew would be a good thing.”

Reader letters published in our May 2023 issue.

Demolition of the aging Watson Chapel Junior High School to make way for a new high school campus is expected to take place June 1, according a timeline for the project released Monday.

Demolition of the aging Watson Chapel Junior High School to make way for a new high school campus is expected to take place June 1, according a timeline for the project released Monday.

The Watson Chapel School Board looked a little different Monday night from the past 1½ years.

LITTLE ROCK -- Voters in the Pine Bluff School District considered a 0.9-mill increase in the Dollarway attendance zone to level the millage rate across the district, and the issue was still hanging in the balance through early voting.

The 2022 General Election, Nonpartisan Judicial Runoff Election, and School Elections will be held Tuesday. Early voting will continue at the Jefferson County Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.

The 2022 General Election, Nonpartisan Judicial Runoff Election, and School Elections will be held Tuesday. Early voting will continue at the Jefferson County Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.

Watson Chapel School Board members voted to hire Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock as the contractor for a new high school to replace the 77-year-old junior high school building during a special meeting Thursday.

A county judges seat leads the ballot for Jefferson County voters who will soon be going to the polls.