Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services will be making its annual Holiday Santa Run spreading holiday cheer throughout the city of Pine Bluff from today through Dec. 23.
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services personnel and Carrington Electric Co. of Pine Bluff have decorated one of the city's reserve firetrucks with Christmas lights and, with assistance from Stereo Junction a sound system to play Christmas music as they are driving through the neighborhoods.
Firefighters will be out each night from about 5 p.m.-8 p.m. displaying the firetruck and wishing everyone a fire-safe Christmas holiday.
The following schedule lists the dates and area of the city that the firefighters will be traveling during the holidays. Depending on time, the entire area scheduled may not be able to be covered. Emergency calls and/or inclement weather may cause the schedule to be adjusted.
• Today -- East of Pines Mall (Aureli and Country Living mobile home parks, Grider Field Road, Springhill Street, Mobile, Natchez, Vicksburg, Green Meadows Drive).
• Tuesday -- Watson Chapel (Edgewood Drive, South Apple Street, Union Avenue, Garland Avenue, Scott Avenue, Dusty Lake, Greenway Drive, East Lake Drive, West Lake Drive, Chapel Heights, Scenic Drive, Jeffcoat, Kay Don, Mary).
• Wednesday -- West of Blake, south of Sixth Avenue, and north of Faucett Road (Starlite Drive, Leawood, Dianne, Skylark, Taft, Franklin, Madison, Dearborn, Oakwood, Gross, Hemlock, Young, Apple, Hepburn).
• Thursday -- Christmas Parade and Festival, Saracen Landing.
• Friday -- East of Blake, north of Sixth Avenue, South of Reeker, West of University (Fluker, Reed, Havis, Bell, High, King, Vaugine, Scull, Pullen, Bois D Arc).
• Saturday -- North of Reeker and east of Birch (Townsend Park, Whiteside, Willow, Oliver, Magnolia, Watson, Roane, UAPB Piney Woods, Woodgate, University Drive and Riverside Drive).
• Sunday -- 5 p.m.-6:15 p.m., Jefferson Square; 6:45 p.m.-8 p.m., Super One Foods, 28th and Hazel.
• Dec. 9 -- Dollarway (Lane, Norman, Spears, Moreland, Knight, Haley, Windham, Mosely, Bullock, School, Malcomb, Hoover, Richard, Phyllis, Cottonwood, streets east of Bryant).
• Dec. 10 -- Downtown, west of Ohio Street, north of Harding Avenue, and east of Main Street (State, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Indiana, Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania).
• Dec. 11 -- 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Super One Foods, 5805 Dollarway Road; 6:45-8 p.m. (streets west of Bryant, Stonewall Trailer Park, West and East Piney, McConnell Circle and apartments next to McConnell Circle).
• Dec. 12 -- 5 p.m.--6:15 p.m., Chapel Village; 6:45 p.m.-8 p.m., Super One Foods, 28th Avenue and Camden Road.
• Dec 13 -- West of Hazel, north of 42nd Ave, and South of 28th Avenue, East of Railroad Tracks (Sunset Village, Sherwood Forest, Royal Forest, Lincoln Green, Robinhood, Fir Street, Southwood Drive, King Richard, Royal Forest, Catalpa, Holly, Orange).
• Dec. 14 -- 5-7 p.m. -- Walmart.
• Dec. 15 -- South of 42nd Ave., east of Olive, north of Ridgeway (Elmwood Circle, 46th Avenue, Beau Monde, Sheraton Park, Stevens Drive, 50th Avenue, Windsor Colony, Wellington, Mount Vernon, Monticello, Hampton Parkway, Foxcroft, Bobo Road, Mayberry, Town and Country, Greensward, Skyline, Brinkley).
• Dec. 16 -- Broadmoor (Belair Drive, Belle Meade, Belmoor, Brentwood, Belmont, Wisconsin, Kansas, Westgate, Washington, Colorado, Mississippi, Nebraska, Port Road). Santa Truck will stop at Super 1 Foods (1605 E. Harding) from 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Dec. 17 -- South of 13th Avenue, east of Hazel, west of Olive, north of 28th Avenue (Maple, Spruce, Circle Drive, Cypress Drive, Locust, Ash, Mulberry Linden, Cherry, Popular, Elm, Oak, Beech, Laurel).
• Dec. 18 -- South of 28th, east of Hazel, west of Olive, North of 42nd Ave. (Maple, Cherry, Poplar, Winter's Place, Longmeadow, Jefferson Place, Westridge).
• Dec. 19 -- East of Blake, north of 28th Avenue, west of Hazel, south of Sixth Avenue (Violet, Shady Grove, Orchid, Daffodil, Tulip, Jonquil, Rose, Iris, Edmar, Howard Drive, Catalpa, Birch, Myrtle, Highland, Sycamore, Larch, Juniper, Bois D' Arc, Peach, Marsh, Fox, Arlington, Bay, Amis).
• Dec. 20 -- South of Ridgeway (Indian Hills, Silver Fox, War Eagle, Mulberry Street, Dancing Rabbit, Running Bear, Blackhawk Ridge, Deer Run, Rosswood, Golfview, 73rd Avenue, Fairway Drive, Par Lane).
• Dec. 21st -- Sunday, December 22nd -- Makeup days in case of weather.
• Dec. 23rd -- 5-7 p.m. -- Walmart.
State Desk on 12/02/2019