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Trick-or-treating all weekend long in local communities
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
Trick-or-treating in Blytheville will be on Sunday, Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson announced Tuesday. The cities of Gosnell and Dell previously announced that they will hold trick-or-treating from 6-8 p.m. Saturday night. Blytheville police are setting no start time, but ask that trick-or-treating start early and end by 8 p.m...
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Safety Conference in the works
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
Arkansas Northeastern College will host a Worker's Safety Conference, sponsored by Nucor Steel and presented by the Arkansas Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Arkansas Worker's Compensation Commission Thursday, beginning at 7:30 a.m...
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Commella joins KIPP board
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
KIPP Delta, which operates charter schools in Blytheville and Helena-West-Helena, had made two additions to its board of directors. Sam Commella and Stacy Sells have been elected to serve as the newest members the board. Commella is vice president of Nucor Steel. According to KIPP officials, Commella and his company have been some of the school's biggest supporters as it has expanded to serve students at KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School...
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Teaching teachers
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
Blytheville School District leaders became acquainted with Eric Jensen last spring when they read his book, "Teaching with Poverty in Mind." They attended Jensen's workshop a few months later in San Antonio, and were so impressed with how he brought his book to life that they have arranged for him to spend the entire day Friday with the district's teachers and parents of the students...
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JPs provide funds for job training
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
Justices of the Mississippi County Quorum Court approved a resolution Tuesday night designating the expenditure of $200,000 of the county's economic development funds to provide training to employees of area businesses. Only $25,000 of the funds will be expended this year, with the remaining portion to be included in the 2011 county budget...
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Murder trial to begin next week
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
A Blytheville man is scheduled to face capital murder and kidnapping charges Tuesday in Blytheville Circuit Court. Jury selection is scheduled to begin when court convenes at 9:30 a.m. Corey Stringer, 22, no address listed, was charged in December last year in the July 22, 2009, murder and kidnapping of Junior Lee Holmes, 41, of Blytheville...
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Early voting busy in Osceola
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
OSCEOLA -- Early voting continues this week at the Osceola Courthouse. All indications suggest a record turnout. As of Tuesday at 5 p.m., 1,328 patrons had cast early votes in the south end of the county. This does not include a record number of absentee ballots which have been issued...
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