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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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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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas organization that fights housing discrimination has received an award to help fund its operations. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a statement Friday that it had awarded $425,000 to Legal Aid of Arkansas. The award was made through a HUD initiative to support fair housing…

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Dear Abby: I had my daughter later in life at 41. I’m no beauty queen, but now, 12 years later, I have been asked by two people if I am my daughter’s grandma. It was so upsetting, I cried for weeks. I have always been self-conscious about my looks.  Read More   ​ 

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that $1.3 million in federal aid would go to battling fentanyl overdoses in rural areas of Arkansas. “Far too many rural families have faced the devastation of overdose, and these deaths are felt deeply across rural communities — where often everyone knows someone lost…

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A text message sent by NAACP president and former council member Ivan Whitfield to Pine Bluff officials says the shooting death of Maurice Taggart “started with the Go Forward movement.”  Read More   ​ 

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