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DTF reports -- 8-31-11
(Local News ~ 09/01/11)
Mississippi County law enforcement have made several drug related arrests within the last week.
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Blytheville Police reports -- 8-31-11
(Local News ~ 09/01/11)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:
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Sheryl Denise Williams
(Obituary ~ 09/01/11)
Ms. Sheryl Denise Williams, 40, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.
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Lucy 'Deek' Wilbanks Carter
(Obituary ~ 09/01/11)
Mrs. Lucy "Deek" Wilbanks Carter, 92, of Manila, entered into rest Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.
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Where's the fire station?
(Column ~ 09/01/11)
One of the selling points of turning two sunsetting 1/8-cent sales taxes into a permanent 1/4-cent police and fire tax tax in 2009 was the plan to build a new fire station on the west end of town.
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Cobb, Reed to marry
(Engagement ~ 09/01/11)
Candace Cobb and Jarius Reed, both of Jonesboro, announced their upcoming marriage, set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at Eternal Salvation Church.
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Scouts visit Bluff Falls
(Business ~ 09/01/11)
Cub Scout Pack 104 spent July 30 at Bluff Falls Waterpark in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Anyone interested in Cub Scout Pack 104 should contact LaRay Cloud at 870-623-2104 or Heather L. Curtis at 870-740-8087. Pack 104 will also hold its School night for Scouting at 6 tonight in the Blytheville Primary School Multipurpose Building...
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Main Street to launch "Third Thursday" extended hours
(Local News ~ 09/01/11)
You're favorite stores in Downtown Blytheville may soon be staying open a little bit later.
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Lack of new fire station may be blessing
(Local News ~ 09/01/11)
Blytheville Fire Chief Mike Carney sees the delay in building a new West End fire station as a blessing in disguise.
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Blytheville opens season with Osceola
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/11)
Blytheville head coach Maurice Moody got his first taste of the Blytheville-Osceola rivalry last year. The game was decided in the final moments on a late Chickasaw touchdown. Blytheville will try to duplicate that result Friday night, when the two county rivals clash at Seminole Stadium in the season-opener...
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Pirates try to avenge losses
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/11)
The Gosnell Pirates start the 2011 football season with a 3 1/2 hour trip to Pine Bluff to take on the Dollarway Cardinals. "They didn't scrimmage this summer so we don't know much about them," said Pirate head coach Brian Sims. "We know they have a lot of speed. Between playing them and playing Blytheville a week ago, we will have seen a lot of speed. You have to take different angles and different approaches on defense when you're dealing with that."...
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Plea deals accepted in 2009 kidnapping case
(Local News ~ 09/01/11)
Four Blytheville men recently accepted plea deals in a 2009 incident involving kidnapping and assault.
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Jacqueline Ruth McGrew
(Obituary ~ 09/01/11)
Jacqueline Ruth McGrew, 62, of Hornersville, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 25, 1949, at Kennett, the daughter of Jack Cole and Ruth Lorene Edmondson Cole. She married Thomas Harold McGrew, Jr., on Oct. 2, 1968, in Leachville, Ark. Mr. McGrew died Dec. 5, 2010...
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Mary Ruth Wyrick Pierce
(Obituary ~ 09/01/11)
Mrs. Mary Ruth Wyrick Pierce, 62, of Kennett, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at the NHC Healthcare in Kennett. Born March 16, 1949, in Auburndale, Fla., she was the daughter of the late Richard and June Neighbors Wyrick and had been a long-time area resident. ...
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Clarence Alvin Wilson
(Obituary ~ 09/01/11)
Clarence Alvin Wilson, age 80, of Manila, died Wednesday Aug. 31, 2011, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Warren, Ark., he was the son of the late Dewey and Dovie Wilson and had been a longtime resident of Canal Point, Fla., before making his home in Manila four months ago. ...
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