The former director of the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency was charged Thursday with 46 counts of forgery, 38 counts of theft of property and one count of abuse of office in a scheme that the Jefferson County prosecuting attorney’s office said bilked the agency out of $667,384.
An investigation by the Arkansas State Police that began in July 2022 has resulted in criminal charges being filed against the former director of the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency who allegedly worked with a former Pine Bluff resident to steal $667,384 from the agency […]
A series of stories in The Commercial recently by reporter Eplunus Colvin on the "what s next" aspect of the failed Go Forward Pine Bluff-sponsored sales tax shows even a lesser extent of transparency than initially thought. In that sense, we believe more firmly that the voters thumbs down on the five-eighths-cent tax was well deserved.
Go Karts are coming. Though not the extravagant vision that was first proposed by the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency last year, a $697,098 state-of-the-art go-kart track comparable to two football fields along with 13 go-carts will transform the vacant lot at 2100 East Harding to family fun entertainment.