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Family says it wants justice for Warren
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
Family members of Rayshawn Warren say they want justice and have filed a lawsuit that claims police crushed his windpipe when arresting him on September 29. His family held a press conference in their attorney’s office, the Law Office of Harris & Morrison, on Wednesday, telling their story to local media and two Memphis television stations...
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Board hears concern about dogs
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
At Thursday's Code Enforcement and Animal Control Committee meeting, the committee got into a heavy discussion with resident Donna Aldridge about dogs that were, according to her, routinely in her yard. The committee also heard from Susie Langston from the Blytheville Humane Society and Animal Control Officer Beth Emmert...
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Arts Council miffed about proposed board
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
On Thursday, the Parks and Recreation Committee discuss plans for a Ritz commission with the Mississippi County Arts Council representatives. Arts Council president JD Harris wrote a letter to the council sometime after the initial discussion about re-appointing a commission began...
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Judge Langston irked over lack of fine collection
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
Thursday afternoon, Blytheville District Court Judge Shannon Langston reached out to the Courier News regarding the uncollected fines discussed in Monday’s Quorum Court budget meeting. According to Judge Langston, she filed an order regarding the collection of outstanding fines and serving of active warrants on those in custody at the county jail. The CN obtained this document, which was filed in the Chickasawba District on August 14...
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Candidates raise, spend thousands in election
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
This week the CN received the Campaign Contribution and Expenditure (CCE) reports for candidates who are running for the offices of Blytheville Mayor, Mississippi County Sheriff, and Mississippi County Judge. Below is a breakdown of those expenditures and contribution to candidates for those offices...
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Chief: Time to change clock, smoke alarm batteries
(Local News ~ 11/03/18)
With Daylight Saving Time coming to an end early Sunday morning, Blytheville Fire Chief Mike Carney reminds residents to change their smoke alarm batteries when they turn the clocks back an hour.
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Important to get out and vote
(Column ~ 11/03/18)
We are in the homestretch now, ladies and gentlemen, and I sincerely hope that all of you are stepping up to the plate. This is it. Voting is almost over so if you haven’t gotten out to vote yet, I strongly encourage that you grab your state-issued I.D. and head up to the election center...
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Be a Possibilitarian
(Column ~ 11/03/18)
Perhaps it is because it is an election year or perhaps because the daily news, whatever its political persuasion, is rife with negativity—whatever the cause, I am reminded of a key issue we face in Blytheville and one that seems almost impossible to suppress. Yet I am going to try again:...
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