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County Judge, Hollister respond to ASP Investigation
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
The CN reached out to County Judge Randy Carney and to Hollister Industrials, LLC of Hollister, Missouri, the company that [according to legislative audit] has been paid $1,046,864 by the Mississippi County Landfill for repair work performed from October 2012 through February 2015 and is at the center of an Arkansas State Police investigation. The investigation was initiated at the request of Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington...
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Gary's Food Mart robbed
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
Blytheville police are investigating an armed robbery at Gary's Food Mart on West Moultrie, Thursday night. According to the police report, two unknown black males entered the store with handguns and demanded money from the cash register. The allegedly took an unspecified amount of cash, a carton of Newport cigarettes and three boxes of cigars...
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Questions raised in recent school board election
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
There have been some questions raised regarding Tuesday's school election for Blytheville and the possibility that some may have voted out of their Zone. Tom Wiktorek, of the Mississippi County Election Commission, said Arkansas Election Law 7-5-201 B-1 states the domicile of a person is that in which his habitation is fixed and to which they have the intention to return...
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County landfill expenditures being investigated
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
The CN submitted a formal Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) in March of 2015 to the Mississippi County Office of Financial Management, requesting an itemization of all expenditures by the Mississippi County Landfill Department for repair, maintenance, machinery and equipment. In addition, the request included detailed copies of all invoices for each expenditure listed...
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Personally I prefer Winnie-the-Pooh
(Column ~ 09/18/15)
When I became a parent, there were a lot of things that I had to just step right off of my high horse about - because as we've all observed, it's people who have never had children who have the MOST EXPERT knowledge on how to raise kids. Because I definitely used to be one of these people (I kept my opinions mostly to myself, but boy did I have them)...well, let's just say reality brought me right on up to speed as soon as my daughter was born...
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Blytheville Police Reports, Sept. 18
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
Blytheville Courier News The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Wednesday, Sept. 16 -- Police took a harassment report at Walmart, where the victim was exchanging children with her ex-husband. -- Police took a criminal trespass report in the 1100 block of River Oaks...
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Recount in school election reaps no changes
(Local News ~ 09/18/15)
The Mississippi County Election Commission conducted a recount Friday afternoon of Tuesday's Blytheville School Board Zone 7 election. The recount, which was requested by Lori Hixson, called for no changes in the results of the election. On Tuesday, Hixson was defeated by challenger Erin Langston Carrington by a margin of only two votes...
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Kahleen May
(Obituary ~ 09/18/15)
Kahleen May, 68, of Frenchman's Bayou, Ark., passed away September 16, 2015. Born March 16, 1947 in Scottsburg, Ala., to West and Florence Whitehead, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by son Randy Franklin. In addition to her parents she is survived by her husband Teddy May, of Frenchman's Bayou;...
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Michael Vail
(Obituary ~ 09/18/15)
Michael Lee Vail, 60, of Osceola, passed away September 15, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. Born November 7, 1954 in Osceola to Norman Vail and Lillie Mae Wallace, he was a landscaper, a veteran of the U.S. Army and of the Baptist faith. He is preceded in death by brothers Marion Field Jr., Willie Lee Vail and Marvin Vail...
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Chicks fall to Marion on last-second FG
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/15)
MARION --Blytheville star running back Demekko Clark ran for 157 yards, and all-state safety Issac Kelly had three first-half interceptions, including a pick-6. The Chickasaw defense forced six Marion turnovers, turning two of them into scores. But it was the Patriots' kicker that had the last word in a back-and-forth, nail-biter...
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