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Blytheville Police Reports, Oct. 26
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Friday, Oct. 23 -- Police took a criminal mischief report in the 1300 block of West Hearn. The victim noticed a bullet hole in the passenger rear door of his truck. -- Level 1 sex offender Niclaus Cano has failed to contact the BPD to verify jis residence, according to the police report. ...
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Councilman Parks gets unwanted surprise in mailbox
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Blytheville City Councilman Stan Parks got an unwanted surprise in his mailbox, Saturday -- a plastic bag full of cow manure. According to the police report, Parks told officers he heard what he believed to be someone opening his mailbox late Friday night, in the 200 block of Simon...
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Council keeps millage rate the same
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
The Blytheville City Council took less than 10 minutes and offered no debate whatsoever Monday morning in a special meeting, before voting to keep Blytheville's millage tax rate unchanged. The Blytheville City Finance Committee, meeting first Monday morning at the Mayor's office in a special session, voted to send a recommendation to the full council that the city's millage rate remain unchanged next year. Setting the millage rate was the only item on the committee's agenda...
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Vandalized Wastewater truck recovered
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Blytheville police say that the Wastewater Department's maroon 2003 Club Cab that was reported stolen on Monday, Oct. 19 has been found and recovered near Tyronza in Crittenden County; but not before the truck (and its VIN number) had been spray painted black and and involved in two police-led pursuits...
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Police warn of new scam
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Blytheville police are warning residents of a new telephone scam. According to Capt. Scott Adams, the BPD has learned of caller posing as an Entergy representative, claiming that the victim owes $900. The caller tells the victim to meet them at Dollar General to make the payment or their power will be shut off...
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James resigns, takes Germantown job
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/15)
By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News Blytheville head basketball coach, Jason James, announced to his team Saturday that he is leaving the Chickasaws to be the head coach for the Germantown, Tenn., Red Devils. James said his last day on campus will be Tuesday, October 27th...
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Wyatt's shot lifts Tigers to one point win
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/15)
Blytheville Courier News LAKE CITY- Armorel's Matt Wyatt led all scorers with 16 points Friday night at Riverside and no two points were any more important than points 15 and 16. Trailing 48-47 with 5.4 seconds on the clock, Wyatt hit a floater to put the Tigers up one. The Tigers held on the final 5.4 seconds for a 49-48 win on the road against the Rebels...
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Former state representative dies
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Charles Moore, long time public servant and friend to many in Blytheville, passed away Friday, October 23. Moore was chosen in 1969 as President of Mississippi County Farm Bureau and was elected to serve as Arkansas State Representative, a position he held for 18 years...
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Grete Butler
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Grete Butler, 87, of Fletcher, North Carolina and formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Saturday, August 29, 2015. Grete was born in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany to Johenn and Lina Malerhofer Weber. She moved to the United States in 1955, and moved to Blytheville in 1988 after retirement in Rome, New York. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Blytheville...
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David Gordon
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Mr. David Wayne Gordon, 70, of Coppell, Texas and formerly of Blytheville, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015. He was born in Chicago, Ill. to the late George and Evelean Gordon. He was a diesel mechanic and loved to tinker with anything that needed fixing. ...
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Dorothy Brooks
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Brooks, 59, of Smithville, Ark., died Friday, October 23, 2015 in her home. Born September 20, 1956 in Chicago, Ill. to the late James Hammond and the late Mattie Fay Hammond, she was a homemaker and a member of Clear Springs Baptist Church...
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Gary Tanner
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Mr. Gary Dean Tanner, 63, of Blytheville, passed from this life on Friday, October 23, 2015 at his home. Born to the late Bill and Geneva Crabb Tanner in Portland, Oregon, he was a disabled Veteran having served his country with honor in the United States Army. Gary proudly served two tours in Vietnam and will always be a true hero and American Patriot. He was an individual who was dedicated to and loved his family very much, especially his grandchildren who affectionately called him "G PA"...
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Charles Moore
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Charles R. Moore, 90, of Blytheville, went to be with the Lord at his home on October 23, 2015. Born in Yarbro, AR on December 31, 1924 to Walter Ross and Elizabeth Evans Moore, he began school at Yarbro Public Schools at age of five years and seven months. ...
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Shirley Ramey
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
Ms. Shirley Page Ramey, 61 of Blytheville, passed from this life Monday, October 26, 2015 at Great River Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when completed. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Chromebooks a hit at Gosnell
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Monday evening, Assistant Superintendent Kevin Evans brought positive reports before the Gosnell School Board, of the school's newest endeavor; Chromebooks. Evans reported that teachers and students alike were pleased with the convenience and ease that having laptops brought to the classroom. "One girl even told me that I was her best friend because of it," said Evans, giving an example of the students' reaction to the new equipment...
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Blytheville Schools shares its goals
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Blytheville Public School's (BPS) Stakeholder Involvement and Technology Integration Coordinator Teryn Spears and High School Principal Bobby Ashley presented an annual "Report to the Public" to the Blytheville School Board and to the community at large Monday evening that detailed district goals, progress achieved and actions taken to reach those goals. District goals include assessment score improvement, "STAR growth," content mastery, improved student attendance and improved graduation rates...
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Blytheville requests unitary status
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Preparing to respond to a letter from the Department of Education dated Oct. 8, 2015, concerning Commissioner's Memo COM-16-019, Superintendent Richard Atwill has gathered a mountain of documentation and is meeting with the school district's attorney, Bobby Coleman, to answer a list of seven questions the state has asked regarding Blytheville's lack of unitary status designation...
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