Pine Bluff

Simmons First National Corp., parent company of Simmons Bank, which is headquartered in Pine Bluff, recently announced it will close 26 branches across a six-state footprint, including six in Arkansas. The Arkansas branches affected by the closure will include locations …

In 1976, against the joyful backdrop of America gorging itself on celebrations of its national bicentennial, about 335,000 people in the U.S. died from all forms of cancer. That year, more than 47 women out of 100,000 would develop breast …

The University of Arkansas System, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Jefferson Hospital Association, the parent organization of Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff, have finalized a membership substitution agreement that officially brings Jefferson Regional under the University …

Sissy’s Log Cabin on Friday celebrated the grand opening of its first boutique storefront, located inside Pine Bluff’s Saracen Casino Resort. It represents the eighth Sissy’s location. Sissy’s, founded in Pine Bluff in 1970 and billed as “the Mid-South’s largest …

Master in HVAC Scott Systems Heating & Air in Pine Bluff is more than just a place people turn to for their heating, ventilation and air conditioning needs; it is a third-generation company with an innovative vision for the future …

Junior Achievement of Arkansas is expanding financial literacy and career readiness education in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta thanks to a new two-year investment from the Walton Family Foundation. The initiative will serve students in Jefferson and Phillips counties in Arkansas, as …

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will lease and operate the Encore Medical Center in Bryant, following a Wednesday vote of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees. The facility, with 53 licensed beds and more than 108,000 …

Pine Bluff preservationist Kathy Majewska has momentum and precedent on her side regarding efforts to restore the city’s grand old Saenger Theater. Built in 1924, the Pine Bluff theater was once part of a network of more than 300 Saenger …

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday announced the following appointments: Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks Talbot Benton, Little Rock, to the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks. Term to expire December 31, 2029. Previously vacant position. Scott Skelton, Quitman, …

Pine Bluff sits right where the Delta’s lighter shade of farm green meets the darker shade of south Arkansas timberland, where the crops turn from rice and soybeans to loblolly pine and oak. Both shades of green have resulted in …