WARREN, Ark. – The 4A South Regional Basketball Tournament finished up Saturday, February 25, 2023 with two Championship games held at Lumberjack Arena in front of a large crowd. The Nashville Lady Scrappers were crowned the 4A South Regional Champs after defeating Star City 81-49. The Magnolia Panthers won the 4A South Regional boys title…
Get your tickets today online for the 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 22 tip off between the Warren Lumberjacks and the Magnolia Panthers in the 4A South Regional Basketball Tournament being hosted at Warren’s Lumberjack Arena. The Jacks will feature in the second game of the Tournament. The girls 4A South Regional tips off first at…
(December 6, 2022 – Pine Bluff, AR) Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff was recently recognized with multiple awards at the 2022 meeting of the Arkansas Hospital Association (AHA). Jefferson Regional President & CEO Brian Thomas received the Alan A. Weintraub Memorial Award, the AHA’s highest award bestowed on an individual. Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer…
The national Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for Fall of 2022 were revealed on November 16, and Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff is pleased to announce that it has received a “B” rating. Leapfrog is a national non-profit watchdog organization. Using evidence-based measures, Leapfrog assigns a letter grade twice a year to nearly 3,000 hospitals based…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jefferson Regional is pleased to announce that Sarenthia Epps, MD, MBA has joined the staff at Jefferson Regional Pulmonary Associates in Pine Bluff. Dr. Epps earned her medical degree from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, where she also completed an Internal Medicine residency, followed by a fellowship in Pulmonary…
Jefferson Regional General Surgeon John R. Taylor, III, M.D. has been presented with the Outstanding Clinical Preceptor Award from the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). The award goes to a clinical preceptor who has made notable and outstanding contributions to the ARCOM graduating class. Dr. Taylor was the first recipient of the award, which…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff is pleased to announce that Michael Ault has joined the hospital as staff chaplain. Ault has more than 20 years of experience serving as a Pastor, including nine years as a Chaplain at the Arkansas Department of Corrections. “I enjoy being a chaplain,” Ault said. “It…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff is pleased to welcome Otolaryngologist Joel Link, M.D., who will be seeing patients at the new Jefferson Regional Ear, Nose and Throat Associates. Dr. Link received his medical degree from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then completed residencies in General Surgery…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $2,660,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to the Arkansas State Library (ASL); $2.4 million of the funds were set aside for direct aid to public libraries. The Southeast Arkansas Regional Library in conjunction with instructors, Cathy Edmonds & Nelwyn Birch, will…
