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Riverside board discusses virtual option for 2021-22
(Local News ~ 04/07/21)
Riverside School Board accepted resignations, filled positions, extended mask guidelines, approved the purchase of a bus, adopted the 2021-2022 calendar and discussed virtual classes for next year at the April meeting held Monday evening. During the financial review, Superintendent Jeff Priest said the district is a little over where it was this time last year. ...
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Gosnell student paints for charities
(Local News ~ 04/07/21)
Rori Wyles, 10 year old Gosnell Elementary student, is using her talent to benefit others. She has been described as having a heart of gold and always ready to share a smile with her friends. She is the daughter of Andrew and Bethany Wyles. Rori did an acrylic painting of a beautiful sunset over the sea with birds in the air. ...
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Jones performs first procedure allowed by bill
(Local News ~ 04/07/21)
Matt Jones, O.D., of Blytheville said many Arkansans will benefit from the approval of the 2019 Arkansas Bill, Act 579. The bill allows optometrists to perform several minor surgical procedures in the office saving patients time and travel for two common procedures...
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Sharon Kaye Battles Hays
(Obituary ~ 04/07/21)
Sharon Kaye Battles Hays, 65, passed away March 25, 2021, in Plant City, Fla., caused by a massive heart attack from COVID complications. Sharon was born in Chicago, Ill., to J.T. and Juanita Snyder Battles. The family moved to Lakeland, Fla., in 1958 where she went to Southwest Elementary School and Southwest Junior High. The family moved back to Chicago and she graduated from Lockport High School...
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Darryl Aven Hodges
(Obituary ~ 04/07/21)
Darryl Aven Hodges, 81, of Leachville, passed from this life Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Manila to the late Aven and Ellen Poe Hodges he was a 1957 graduate of Manila High School and later served four years in the U.S. ...
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Constance “Connie” Lawless Swanigan
(Obituary ~ 04/07/21)
Constance “Connie” Lawless Swanigan was born in Osceola July 16, 1955, to Kyser and Nevator Franklin Whitehorn. Connie was a kindhearted woman that loved her family and friends. She graduated high school in Buffalo, N.Y., and received her Associates Degree from Mississippi County Community College (ANC). ...
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BFD responds to fire at BMS
(Local News ~ 04/07/21)
The Blytheville Fire Department responded to Blytheville Middle School around noon Wednesday after smoke was reported. According to Blytheville superintendent Bobby Ashley, BMS had to evacuate the building.
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BPD investigates fatal shooting on Walls
(Local News ~ 04/07/21)
At 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, Blytheville police were still at the scene of a fatal shooting on Walls Street. One person lost their life and another was injured in the incident, which occurred around 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Blytheville police chief Ross Thompson...
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