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Chicks to host Marion Patriots
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/18)
The Blytheville Chickasaws (1-1) will look to bounce back from the 35-15 loss in Week 2 to the West Memphis Blue Devils when they host Marion this coming Friday night. The Patriots (2-0) are coming off a narrow 21-20 victory over the Parkview Patriots Friday night. MHS narrowly defeated the Wynne Yellowjackets in their Week One matchup that went into overtime...
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City plans to purchase more SkyCop units
(Local News ~ 09/12/18)
At Monday night’s Police and Fire Committee meeting, Bytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson told the board that he would like to expand the SkyCop camera system that the department currently utilizes by adding three pole-mounted camera units. These units will cost approximately $5,000 to $6,500 each with the variant being the selected software configuration. Since the purchase is under the amount of $20,000 the committee does not have to approve the purchase...
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New infrastructure needed in city of Blytheville
(Local News ~ 09/12/18)
Several infrastructure issues were discussed at Monday's Airport and Utilities Committee meeting. Sewer director Garry Carr introduced PMI civil engineer Brad Wingfield to the committee to discuss the city's water treatment plants. Wingfield has worked with the city for approximately three years in varying projects and presented to the committee his suggestion for what to do about the treatment plants violations with ADEQ...
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Armorel board gets update on project
(Local News ~ 09/12/18)
Architect Ladd Garey and structural engineer Chad Stewart provided the Armorel School Board with an update on the renovation of the new elementary school, Monday night. They asked if Armorel wanted to add liquefaction testing to the project. Garey showed the plans for the new elementary building and even model pictures. ...
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Lawrence “Sonny” Thomas Dillard Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/12/18)
Lawrence “Sonny” Thomas Dillard Jr., 89, of Manila, passed away Sept. 10, 2018. He was born Nov. 3, 1928, in Heth, Ark., to Lawrence Sr. and Elizabeth Dillard. He was a retired farmer, 1951 graduate of Mississippi State University, served in the United States Army Counter Intelligence in Atlanta, Ga., and Birmingham, Ala., and he is a member of the Faith Chapel Pentecostal Church of God in Osceola...
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Matlock found guilty of raping girl
(Local News ~ 09/12/18)
A jury found Willie Antoine Matlock, 46, guilty of the charge of rape today in Blytheville Circuit Court. Matlock was sentenced to 25 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections for raping the young girl. The case originated by a hotline call to the Arkansas State Police child abuse hotline...
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