Did you know that one of the Watergate era's most polarizing figures was a Pine Bluff native? Meet Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell, the wife of John Mitchell, United States attorney general under President Richard Nixon. She became a controversial figure with her outspoken comments about the government at the time of the Watergate scandal.
This article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog because of anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series "Gaslit" highlighting the role that Pine Bluff"s Martha Mitchell played in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. The series premieres at 7 p.m. today and stars Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell and Sean Penn as her husband, U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell.
Manitobans can now find more cannabis stores than they can Tim Hortons coffee shops. Manitoba has 154 cannabis retailers in the province compared with just over 100 Tim Hortons locations.