Dressed in a suit with a smile from ear to ear for his mug shot, former Urban Renewal Executive Director Maurice Taggart was briefly in custody at the Jefferson County jail Friday morning after an arrest warrant was issued Thursday on charges consisting of 46 counts of forgery, 38 counts of theft of property and one count of abuse of office.
The Pine Bluff City Council approved four ordinances during a special called meeting Friday, two of which would move two taxes forward for residents to vote on in a special election in May.
A t the same time we are rooting for a new hotel to go with the Pine Bluff Convention Center, we shake our head at times over the rush rush rush to roll out such proposals.
The approval process continued for the rezoning request by Lisciotti Development Corp. to rezone approximately 5.5 acres from R-1, residential, to B-3, highway commercial, at the southeast corner of Olive Street and Interstate 530, a move that will make way for a Chick-fil-A franchise in Pine Bluff.
On a contentious 5-to-3 vote, the Pine Bluff City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to take about $2.9 million in sales tax proceeds and put it toward a hotel that would be built next to the Pine Bluff Convention Center.