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Council member offers info on deadly robbery
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
Less than 24-hours after 53-year-old Thomas “Tony” Price of Little Rock was shot to death by a Domino’s Pizza employee during Price’s alleged armed robbery attempt on the 6th Street restaurant around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night and only one hour after the Blytheville Police Department press conference was held in the same room, Blytheville City Councilman John Mayberry made comments to his fellow city council members on the Public Works Committee that he had an “inside scoop” on what really happened.. ...
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Excise tax debt is forgiven
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
Mayor James Sanders presented to the Blytheville City Council’s Finance Committee a packet that contained two letters from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration dated July 14 and July 24 and a “release deed” filed on July 20 in the Chickasawba District Circuit Court that states that all of Blytheville’s past excise tax debt has either been paid off by the city or forgiven by the state...
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QC to appoint new county judge
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
With the death of Mississippi County Judge Randy Carney, his administrative assistant, Dr. Terri Brassfield, has been named acting county judge based upon a document that Carney signed before his death. Michael White explained the process of filling the position left vacant by the passing of County Judge Randy Carney...
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It's that time of year again...
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/17)
“The boys are back in town.” “To get to wear those game-day jerseys down the hall. The kings of the school, man, we're the boys of fall,” said Kenny Chesney in “The Boys of Fall.” With area schools starting on Monday and Blytheville and Gosnell media days are already in the books, the grinding football season is upon us...
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Blytheville has a potential gold mine
(Column ~ 08/12/17)
What an impressive sight it was just days ago. Hundreds of people ignored the hot and humid weather and stood for a long while, scattered about Memorial Drive, and remembered—honored—that day when the Arkansas Aeroplex was an active U.S. Air Force strategic air command base. And they waited even longer for the once so familiar sound -- the roar of those eight engines, the B-52. Roar overhead it did, and I for one, got chill bumps...
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TBGL may be funded through Dec. 31
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
The Finance Committee of the Blytheville City Council had a very busy agenda Thursday as council members discussed funding Thunder Bayou Golf Links through December 31, heard a proposal from former City Attorney Mike Bearden to create a full-time city attorney position with retirement benefits, approved a new city finance and payroll virtual server and offsite backup and considered a proposed city resolution supporting the implementation of a new internet sales tax...
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County mourns loss of Judge Carney
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
County Judge Randy Carney, 57, passed away at a Memphis hospital at 8:12 Wednesday morning after a long battle with cancer. He was first sworn in as county judge on January 1, 2011 and recently won re-election for his fourth term last November. Carney was first diagnosed with cancer in April 2014 and in April 2016, during a Quorum Court meeting, Carney announced that it had once again returned...
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Police, fire raise plan approved by board
(Local News ~ 08/12/17)
The Finance Committee of the Blytheville City Council approved a new compensation manual, which laid out details of the timeline and phases that will be used to implement the new public safety pay raises for the Blytheville Police and Fire Departments...
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