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Correction
A story that ran in The Commercial Tuesday incorrectly listed the age of a man arrested for domestic battery.Calvin Phillips,…
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PB man arrested after reported disturbance Saturday
A reported disturbance Saturday afternoon at a house in the 4900 block of West Ninth Avenue resulted in the arrest…
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Norman takes plea deal in 2011 homicide
A Pine Bluff man was sentenced to prison Friday after pleading no contest to a 2011 homicide.Alonzo Norman, now 19,…
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Movie Review — ‘Pain & Gain’
The only muscles they never exercised were their brains.OK, fine. The brain’s technically an organ. But it’s not like the…
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State unemployment steady at 7.2 percent, but labor force shrinks again
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 7.2 percent in March, unchanged from February and just slightly below the 7.3 percent in March…
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Stepps addresses residency requirement issue
Pine Bluff Alderman George Stepps said Friday that he wants “to set the record straight” on an ongoing controversy concerning…
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Washington Digest — Congress passes furlough fix
WASHINGTON — Congress passed legislation last week to fix Federal Aviation Administration furloughs that were disrupting air travelers and fueling…
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WC moves back into 1st-place tie
CAMDEN — Watson Chapel didn’t stay out of first place for long.Josh Dardenne struck out eight Camden Fairview batters in…
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District Competition: Pine Bluff’s Murray wins four events in 6A-South
TEXARKANA — Ty’Chianna Murray of Pine Bluff had a busy day at the 6A-South District Meet, and it was very…
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Reject the spirit of contempt
My dad has told the story many times of the day that President Kennedy was shot. Dad was on his…