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ELDERLY COUPLE MURDERED, LEFT INSIDE BURNING HOME

An elderly Pine Bluff couple was found dead in their burning home early Wednesday morning and police have classified the deaths as homicides.

CHARACTER COUNCIL PROMOTES GOOD CHARACTER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

Character is something everyone is working on all the time whether it is good or bad and a community will thrive when it is positive, especially when it is practiced by the majority, Steven D. Ferren, president of B-B-F Oil Co. and a representative of the Character Council, said Wednesday.

COMMISSION APPROVES HISTORIC DIST. REZONING

Hoping to preserve the look of the 5th Avenue Historic District, members of Pine Bluff’s Planning Commission passed a proposed rezoning of the area.

BOND SET FOR PINE BLUFF BURGLARY SUSPECT

A $10,000 bond was set Wednesday for a Pine Bluff man who allegedly broke into a neighbor’s apartment Monday night, and took several items.

LOCAL AT&T CELLS BACK IN SERVICE

Area code 870 AT&T cell phones were back in working order after heavy traffic caused problems in the network Monday.