Lisset Maylin Gonzalez, 18, is the class of 2023 valedictorian at Jacksonville High School.  Read More   ​ 

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City staff are accepting resumes of residents interested in filling the City Council’s Ward 4 vacancy.  Read More   ​ 

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Fantasia, a multiplatinum and Grammy award-winning singer who was first cast into stardom after winning the 2003 American Idol, will perform at Simmons Bank Arena.   Read More   ​ 

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello held its spring commencement exercises on May 12, in the Steelman Field House during which a Pine Bluff man was recognized as this year’s distinguished alumnus.  Read More   ​ 

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JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – While Adrian Ford spends his days at Jacksonville Middle School, his real passion happens outside the classroom. “I like to work on things [like] my bike,” Adrian said. The 13-year-old has five bikes and he lights up when he talks about them. “I got one that the frame lights up and then…

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Jacksonville police have arrested two men who have each been charged with capital murder in the Wednesday shooting death of a minor, according to a Thursday news release.  Read More   ​ 

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The University of Idaho moved a big step closer today to a deal in which an affiliated nonprofit would buy the University of Phoenix. Less than a month after the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees narrowly refused to support a similar plan to buy Phoenix, the Idaho State Board of Education today unanimously…

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JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Jacksonville police have arrested two suspects in connection with a Wednesday night shooting that left a teen dead. Jacksonville Police Department officials said 20-year-old Zaevion Webster and 18-year-old Jauri Taylor were arrested in connection with the shooting of a 17-year-old. Officers responded to the 200 block of J P Wright Road around…

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New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final decision on whether the birds are extinct by the end of the year.  Read More   ​ 

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The Jacksonville Police Department has charged two males with capital murder for their involvement in the homicide of a juvenile.   Read More   ​ 

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