The Pine Bluff Hotel Public Facilities Board met Tuesday morning to approve a franchise agreement with Marriott International Inc., which is slated to franchise a Marriott Courtyard in place of the Plaza Hotel.
Restoration efforts to the Saenger Theater were approved by the Pine Bluff City Council during Wednesday s council meeting at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
Of all the possible campus closures that could have taken place in the Pine Bluff School District, Jack Robey Junior High was the last one Mattie Collins expected.
The baby steps continue. Last week, the state Board of Education voted unanimously to name seven people to a limited-authority school board for the Pine Bluff School District.