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Livestock show debuts at fair
(Local News ~ 08/27/10)
New to the Mississippi County Fair this year was a livestock show, held Tuesday night at the Fairgrounds. The show featured both a goat show and a sheep show. Winners are as follows: Goat Show In the Heavyweight Class, Forrest Robertson won the blue ribbon, and MicKayla Petty won the red ribbon...
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Assault charges against White dropped
(Local News ~ 08/27/10)
Charges of third-degree domestic battery against a Blytheville City Councilwoman have been dropped in Blytheville District Court. Carol White, 67, an appointed council member from Ward 1, was cited in July for allegedly striking a girl who had been staying with her with a broom handle...
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Flood insurance reinstated
(Local News ~ 08/27/10)
Mississippi County has officially been reinstated to the National Flood Insurance Program, said David Lendennie, the county's flood plain coordinator. The county had been suspended from the plan since June 18, the date the Federal Emergency Management Agency set for the county's new plan to go into effect...
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BGRAA board wants Harrison, but barely
(Local News ~ 08/27/10)
After a more than hour-long executive session, members of the Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport Authority ended in a tie vote regarding the selection of a new president/executive director. Current director Joe Gurley, who has held the position since the formation of the BGRAA, is retiring at the end of the year...
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