A freshman guard had a career-best performance on the road Monday night, but it wasn't enough for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff against an ACC foe. The UAPB women's basketball team fell ...

A new machine-learning model for predicting crop yield using environmental data and genetic information can be used to develop new, higher-performing crop varieties. Igor Fernandes, a statistics and ...

On Nov. 21, the Jefferson County sheriff's office (JCSO) received two ballistic vests for use by their two K-9s Sodder and Ioni. These vests were donated to the JCSO by an organization known as ...

A fter spending 38 years as an educator, Shirley Washington had earned a good rest in retirement. But that was not how it happened. She saw an opportunity, a place where she thought she could ...

The Pine Bluff City Council convened for its regular meeting last week, but before delving into the agenda, the council took a moment to recognize the achievements of the Pine Bluff Gloves Not Guns ...

Church news is printed in The Commercial on Friday. The deadline to submit church announcements this week is today at noon because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The normal deadline is Wednesday.

A sweet-and-smokey barbecue sauce designed around surplus carrots is the newest product rolling out from the Expanding Farmers' Opportunities in Northwest Arkansas program. Rafael Rios, chef at his ...

Leave it to the good folks at the Arts and Science Center to shine a light -- in a new way -- on a subject that always needs to be illuminated, particularly for the young. The center is kicking off ...

In August 2024, the historic Elm Grove Baptist Church, the first African American church in Arkansas -- built by slaves in 1843 -- marked its 181st birthday, having survived Jim Crow, racial ...

NOTES: Games listed in bracket order; kickoff time, unless otherwise noted, is 7 p.m.

Bashful Boo is a syrupy sweet, very gentle and kind family dog who desperately wants a family of his very own. He is a year-old mixed breed with a handsome white and black coat and pretty brown eyes.

Mayor-Elect Vivian Flowers has selected her chief of staff, Joyce Campbell, a relationship manager and community development strategist. Flowers made the announcement Saturday, describing Campbell as ...