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Gosnell schools ready for cuts
(Local News ~ 05/12/10)
GOSNELL -- Budget cuts, policies and personnel filled the agenda of the Gosnell School Boards regular meeting Tuesday. Wendy Evans, director of special services for the district, explained to the board over the next two to three years there will be several statewide cuts by the State Department of Education...
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Greyhound station slated to open in 2010
(Local News ~ 05/12/10)
Main Street Blytheville has launched an exhibit design process for the Greyhound bus station, which will open in 2010 as a visitor center and the Main Street Blytheville's headquarters. The exhibit is being designed for the interior of the building and will tell the story of Blytheville in the late 1930s up through the 1960s...
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Gosnell complies with FEMA GOSNELL -- In a brief meeting Tuesday night, the Gosnell City Council approved an ordinance providing for the establishment of a flood damage prevention program.
(Local News ~ 05/12/10)
GOSNELL -- In a brief meeting Tuesday night, the Gosnell City Council approved an ordinance providing for the establishment of a flood damage prevention program. "It doesn't require people to purchase flood insurance," Mayor Dick Reams told the council. Citizens can purchase flood insurance for their homes if they wish to do so, he said...
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Police chief defends department
(Local News ~ 05/12/10)
Tuesday night, Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson told the Police and Fire Committee Councilwoman Carol White's harassment complaints against his department "are without substance" and unhealthy for the BPD and the community. White recently claimed that she was tailgated for 1 1/2 blocks by an officer, while going to her River Oaks home and contended individuals are often stopped shortly after leaving her driveway...
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Statistics show no signs of local racial profiling
(Local News ~ 05/12/10)
Racial profiling may be a problem in some areas, but statistics show that is not the case in Blytheville. According to the 2000 Census, Blytheville had 18,020 citizens with 45.1 percent of those being classified as white and 52.1 percent classified as black or African-American...
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