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Locals providing aid to Harvey victims
(Local News ~ 09/02/17)
Nature is an unpredictable force; it can be beautiful and merciful or destructive and ruthless. Hurricane Harvey is an example of the latter. While these disasters are out of our control, what we do afterwards isn’t. Residents of Mississippi County are among those across the nation who are trying to help the victims of this terrible disaster...
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County board makes personnel move
(Local News ~ 09/02/17)
On Tuesday, the Mississippi County Quorum Court held a special meeting to approve a transfer by the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Dale Cook asked the court to pass a measure allowing him to move a lieutenant position from the jail to patrol. The meeting had to be held to due to the sheriff’s department and the jail having separate budgets...
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Armorel holds public meeting
(Local News ~ 09/02/17)
The Armorel Public School held its annual Report to the Public meeting, along with the Title I meeting and a special school board meeting, on Monday evening. The board discussed a design and color of the logo to put in the new gym and raised employee health insurance contributions. All board members were present at the meeting with the exception of Susan Hughes; Vice President Scott Jowers led the meeting...
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Evacuation deadline nears for BPD
(Local News ~ 09/02/17)
On Friday, April 21, the Arkansas Department of Labor (ADL) gave the city of Blytheville 48-hours to vacate the dispatch/patrol and lobby areas of the Blytheville Police Department and an additional six months to completely evacuate the rest of the building...
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Chicks win thriller over OHS
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/17)
OSCEOLA — Blytheville junior quarterback Jahiem Carter marched into the end zone from two yards out with 15 seconds left for the game-winner, Friday night, as the Chickasaws defeated rival Osceola, 29-21. After a 40-7 decision last season in Blytheville and a coaching change during the offseason for the Osceola Seminoles, the Seminoles put up a fight but Ben Fisher’s Chickasaws came away with a grinding 29-21 victory in Seminoles Stadium...
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Blytheville: a modern tale of two cities
(Editorial ~ 09/02/17)
“It was the best of times it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,” part of the opening line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. How could Dickens have possibly envisioned Blytheville back in 1859 when he wrote his classic book?...
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Alvin Andrew Webster
(Obituary ~ 09/02/17)
Mr. Alvin Andrew Webster, born March 11, 1922 in Cooter, Missouri, departed this life August 31, 2017 at the age of 95 years young. Alvin was a former resident of Blytheville, and was a current resident of Paragould. Alvin was a veteran of the United States Army, where he served in World War II as Technician Fifth Grade. He was honorably discharged ...
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