Pine Bluff is not foreign to Judge Joe Brown, best known for his nationally syndicated television show. During the Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP s 31st annual Dove Freedom Fund Banquet, he shared that he spoke at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 15 years ago.
Editor s note: In addition to the story below regarding Maurice Taggart, there is a letter to the editor from him on the editorial page as well as a column by reporter Eplunus Colvin on Taggart. This package also includes two links about Taggart, one containing recordings of conversations with him by Colvin and another containing files of various text conversations he had with The Commercial staff, including the editor, Byron Tate. Be advised, the phone calls and text strings contain words that some may find offensive.
The Pine Bluff Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Program Committee will host a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The public is invited to attend.
The city of Pine Bluff Administration Committee will be sending a few items to the full council with no recommendations after Committee and Council Member Bruce Lockett and Chair Lloyd Holcomb were split with their decisions.
The first Pine Bluff City Council meeting after the news of former Executive Director of Urban Renewal Maurice Taggart s arrest brought many out to speak on the recent accusations.