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Caraway Council approves purchases for fire department
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Caraway Council approved purchases for the fire department at the June 9 meeting. Mayor Barry Riley informed the council Scott Browning had agreed to return to the position of fire chief. The council then voted unanimously to use ACT 833 funds in the amount of $3,600 to purchase two new radio headsets to be used by the fire department for communication. ...
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Center for Vision Development opens in Lake City
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Center for Vision Development has a new office in the AR Care Clinic facility in Lake City at 1009 Highway 18. Dr. Angela Howell, Piggott native, will be going into her 26th year in practice. She had an office in Piggott for 18 years. In 2010 she decided to expand her vision care doing a residency in pediatrics and vision therapy...
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Kage William Dale Carmichael born June 9
(Births ~ 06/21/16)
Kage William Dale Carmichael was born at 6:06 a.m. June 9, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. He weighed eight pounds and eight ounces. He is the son of Buddy and Krystal Carmichael and the brother of Trace and Kinley Carmichael...
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Leachville Council hears LIDC reports
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Sandra and Ronnie Kennett and Paul Wildy presented the Leachville Industrial Development Corporation (LIDC) financial report at the Leachville City Council meeting held Monday, June 13...
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Manila School Board hires high school principal
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Manila School Board met in a special meeting Monday, June 13, to interview high school principal candidates. The board hired Mark Manchester for the position of high school principal. Manchester, Rector native, had served as girls basketball coach at Manila before moving to Riverside as assistant principal for the 2015-2016 school year...
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Southworth fishing derby held
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Southworth's first annual family fishing derby was held at Mallard Lake on Saturday, June 11, with 110 employees and family members enjoying a day at the lake. Lunch was served and prizes were given away throughout the day...
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Progress made on the Veterans Park in Monette
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Lee Greathouse has completed tuck-pointing the brick wall adjacent to the new veterans park in Monette, as plans are being completed for construction of a new veterans monument. The building wall is owned by Bob Wilborn and has been a part of the Monette landscape since the early 1900s. ...
- Mississippi County Sheriff's Department Intake, June 13-17 (Local News ~ 06/21/16)
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Man accused of burning his ex-girlfriend has extensive arrest history
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
The man accused of setting his ex-girlfriend on fire has an extensive arrest history of incidents between the two. Kordarro Woodard, 25, was arraigned in Blytheville District Court Monday on charges of Attempted Murder, Domestic Battery 1st and Violation of a No Contact Order. He is accused of burning 37-year-old Martha George on Sunday at 624 East Cherry...
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Leroy Collins, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/21/16)
Leroy Collins Sr., formerly of Osceola died on Tuesday, June 7th in Las Vegas, NV. He was born on March 23rd, 1952 in Osceola to Clyde Sanders and Sadie Collins Watkins. He served as a retired construction worker and U.S. Army veteran in Vietnam and was of Baptist faith...
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Patrick Rainer, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/21/16)
Patrick Rainer Sr., 47, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Saturday, June 18th at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born on September 24th, 1968 to Lee Edward Rainer of Virginia and Lillian Hunt Lewis of Blytheville. He was a graduate of Blytheville High School's class of 1987...
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Robert Walker
(Obituary ~ 06/21/16)
Robert James Walker, 78, of Gosnell died Friday, June 17th at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti, MO. He was born in Bronx, New York on Sept. 13th, 1937 to James Albert Walker and Edna Bauer Walker. He served his nation in Vietnam in the U.S. Air Force and served as a retired American Greetings...
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Bernadette Nickles
(Obituary ~ 06/21/16)
Bernadette "Lafaye" Nickles, 66, of Luxora, died June 18, 2016 in her residence. Born April 19, 1950 in Chicago, she was a retired teacher and a member of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church for 50 years, where she served as church treasurer and secretary. She was also a former secretary for the City of Luxora...
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Arson suspected in fires
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
The Blytheville Fire Department worked two vacant house fires in a two-day period. Both are suspicious. On Saturday, firemen received the call around 1:15 a.m. in the 600 block of David Lane. Upon arrival, the firemen noted that it was a vacant building and that the roof had already collapsed...
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Finance committee questions landfill spending
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
Questions are still being raised by Mississippi County officials regarding spending patterns at the county landfill. At Monday afternoon's meeting of the Quorum Court's finance committee, Chairman Justice Michael White noted that the landfill is still over budget on dirt, gravel and sand expenditures, in spite of numerous conversations in committee on this issue. ...
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City agrees to exclusive contract with Pafford
(Local News ~ 06/21/16)
By unanimous consent of the Blytheville City Council during their Tuesday night meeting, Mayor James Sanders has been authorized to enter into an agreement with Pafford Medical Services, Inc. providing them an exclusive service contract to ambulance services within the city...
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