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Local News - Pine Bluff Commercial en-us Barring unforeseen difficulties, the new Jefferson County Adult Jail is expected to be open for business in late March. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jofrmcn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews9.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news9.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:49 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12j5psi06/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews8.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news8.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:39 +0000 A $100,000 bond was set Wednesday for a Pine Bluff man who allegedly shot another man in the face earlier this month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jvv2ua9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews7.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news7.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:29 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jn04je2/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews6.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news6.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:19 +0000 For the 22nd year, The Commercial is sponsoring the Christmas Card Fund to help needy children in the Jefferson County area. Every year on Thanksgiving day, the newspaper begins its fundraiser. People are asked to send donations toward this fund which goes directly to the school districts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12j1vk3ji/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews5.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news5.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:09 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jc7uini/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews4.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news4.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:16:59 +0000 Jefferson County home sales were down and prices were up in September, while Grant County home prices held steady and sales increased over last year, according to a report by the Arkansas Realtors Association. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12j19usc6/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews3.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news3.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:16:49 +0000 First he felt the heat from the rocket-propelled grenade as it flew over his shoulder. Then the force of the RPG blew him off the road and into a ditch, knocking him out for about 30 seconds. As 1st Lt. Alvin Shell staggered out of the ditch, the pitch-black night was now illuminated by an inferno. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jec1fu7/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews2.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news2.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:16:39 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12jtk9un9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fnews1.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/26/news/news1.txt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:16:29 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12k336g55/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fnews%2Fnews14.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/news/news14.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:31:29 +0000 Southwestern Electric Power Co. has won regulatory approval for two rate hikes for its Arkansas customers. SWEPCO said Wednesday that a base rate increase in December will raise residential bills by 5 percent, or $3.84 for a customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=1387647s2/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_swepco_rate_hike.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_swepco_rate_hike.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:16:29 +0000 A memorial service has been set for novelist and teacher Donald Harington, who died earlier this month at age 73. Harington will be remembered at a 10 a.m. ceremony on Monday at Giffels Auditorium at Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=13i0e6sq0/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_harington_memorial_service.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_harington_memorial_service.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:20 +0000 Officials at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa are reporting an increase in both inbound and outbound shipments at the eastern Oklahoma port. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=134vl6ijc/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Fok_catoosa_port.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ok_catoosa_port.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:16:33 +0000 City officials in Jonesboro are considering cutting the city's public transit system by more than 50 percent beginning in early January. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=13bpo3ijn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_transportation_cuts.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_transportation_cuts.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:16:49 +0000 City officials in Little Rock are considering closing six neighborhood alert centers, cutting programs and laying off nearly 30 employees in January amid dwindling revenues. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=13a0m2824/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_little_rock_budget.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_little_rock_budget.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:16:39 +0000 Officials with Arkansas' largest food bank say hackers managed to disable its Web site for nearly three weeks. Officials at the Arkansas Rice Depot say the Web site has been debugged, but that the hacking likely resulted in declining revenue since most donors use the site to contribute. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=1393u74dj/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_food_bank_hackers.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_food_bank_hackers.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:16:32 +0000 The Arkansas State Police have launched a criminal probe into an Ozark police officer's use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl. State police spokesman Bill Sadler said Tuesday the criminal investigation was launched at the request of Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=134dtcn00/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fap-state-ar%2Far_tasered_girl.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/ap-state-ar/ar_tasered_girl.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:16:29 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12k3or7oh/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fnews%2Fnews12.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/news/news12.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:33:20 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12kgdg6vr/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fnews%2Fnews11.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/news/news11.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:33:10 +0000 The National Fire Protection Association is asking cooks across the country to be aware of the danger of fires as they prepare their holiday meals. Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Lt. Shauwn Howell said Thanksgiving is the leading day for fires at home that resulted from cooking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Little_Rock-Pine_Bluff/Pine_Bluff_Commercial/SIG=12ktvtshi/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbcommercial.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fnews%2Fnews10.txt http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2009/11/25/news/news10.txt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:33:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:49 +0000