DETROIT — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.  Read More   ​ 

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FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has received more than $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of exercise on the effects of aging.  Read More   ​ 

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GRAVETTE — Award-winning authors Suzanne Woods Fisher and Shelley Shepard Gray will give a presentation and hold a book signing from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Gravette Public Library.  Read More   ​ 

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Dupree Park in Jacksonville is making some headway after suffering damage from the tornado, and now a new inclusive playground is set to fully open in a few months.   Read More   ​ 

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Hers wasn’t the smoothest journey to what is now a thriving show-business career. Luenell served time for stealing money from a bank where she worked, and struggled with the demands of life as an actor and touring comedian while also raising her daughter, Da’Nelle, with help from Da’Nelle’s father and his family.  Read More   ​ 

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It’s a Monday morning in early June and comedian-actor Luenell is having breakfast at her Las Vegas home. It’s a big, country repast — scrambled eggs with cheese, avocado, sausage and bacon, rice and gravy, toast and some green onions — because today will be busy. There’s this phone interview, of course, which will take…

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7 teachers win economics awards  Read More   ​ 

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Last month, Go Forward CEO Ryan Watley proclaimed “Enough is Enough” and chastised the Pine Bluff Commercial and local NAACP Branch. Last week, we discovered that he had been improperly directing city officials (the finance director) to redirect public funds via text message and phone calls without supporting documentation, including sending $300,000 checks to a…

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JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Saturday morning, Main Street in Jacksonville hosted the 10th annual FestiVille. There were lots of vendors, and many free attractions, including hot air balloon rides. Tornado damage at Dupree Park moved the party downtown this year. Ten things to do in central Arkansas this weekend (Sept. 1-3) Brylee Lawson, event coordinator for…

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The arrival of Aaron Rodgers and the HBO show “Hard Knocks” made the New York Jets the talk of the NFL preseason, and they are a hot topic among bettors as well.  Read More   ​ 

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