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BIC board reviews building plans
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
During the Thursday, July 21, meeting Buffalo Island Central Board members met with Hardy Little of Little and Associates and John Mixon with Cromwell Architects to hear updates on the new Leachville and Monette building projects...
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Lake City Council reviews drainage problems
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Engineer Jason MacDonald addressed the Lake City Council at the regular July 18 meeting. MacDonald presented a plan to help relieve some of the drainage problems on Jackson Road in the RiverPark Subdivision...
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Manila board welcomes new high school principal
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Members of the Manila School Board welcomed new high school principal, Mark Manchester, back to the district at the regular meeting held Monday, July 25. Manchester, former Manila girls basketball coach, served as assistant principal for the last school year at Riverside High School. He was recently hired to fill the Manila High School principal position...
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Manila Council discusses fire department grant
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Rep. Dave Wallace spoke briefly to the Manila City Council prior to the Monday, July 18, meeting about a $10,000 grant for the fire department. Mayor Wayne Wagner said City Attorney Wes Wagner and Rep. Wallace have been working on the grant and Rep. Wallace could answer any questions the council members may have...
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Monette Vetearn's Park committee look for donations
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
The Monette Veteran's Park Committee met in Monette City Hall Monday, July 18 to discuss park progress. The committee decided to collect at least one third of the monument total prior to ordering the monument. The monument to be completed by McHaney Monuments Inc. is estimated at $66,000...
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Helping hands
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Four Manila High School students are working at Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge through the eight week Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) summer program. Senior Andrew Vassar, juniors Alyssa Hurley and Hunter Hallett and sophomore Kaitlon Johnson make up the summer YCC team. Serving as supervisor is Angela McDowell...
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Master Gardener shares love of gardening
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Arkansas's 2015 Master Gardener Rookie of the Year Dedric Davis finds relaxation, stress relief, exercise and much more as he works his 1-1/2 acres of gardens. The volunteer hours spent by Davis is not for profit but to give back to the community...
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Volunteers join to make home repairs
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Thirty-seven local volunteers spent Saturday, July 16, repairing and painting the home of veteran Mike Smith, at 705 W. Texie, in Monette. Smith is well known as a skilled and very versatile handyman. ...
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Blytheville Police Reports (July 25)
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police took a criminal mischief report at Gary's Food Mart in the 200 block of Moultrie. The offender broke a window. -- Police investigated a burglary in the 1000 block of Willow. Missing were a BB gun, television, a "tub" with $200, iPod, shotgun, two riffles, gun safe, $500 worth of silver coins, $3,200 worth of gold and silver ingots and coins, a wedding ring and class ring...
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Blytheville School Board talks culture change
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Blytheville school administrators had high praise Monday night for Principal Baruti Kafele, a nationally renowned author and educational speaker who visited the district earlier that day. District Superintendent Richard Atwill told the School Board during their regular meeting that Kafele's ideas matched the district's goals and encouraged the staff and faculty...
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Pereszlay donates security camera system to city
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
A Blytheville resident is doing his part to make the city a little safer. William Pereszlay has donated a wireless security camera system to the city of Blytheville for use at Thunder Bayou Golf Links. When Pereszlay read that Blytheville Parks and Recreation director requested an $800 security camera system during a recent Parks and Recreation meeting, he wanted to offer his four-camera Defender system to save the city some cash...
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Russell buying breakfast for police officers
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Local businessman David Russell is buying local police officers breakfast now through July 31 at The Front Porch Cafe on Main Street in Blytheville as a way to show appreciation for their service to the community.
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Tickets on sale for museum fundraiser
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Tickets are on sale for Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi (a new musical) by Douglas M. Parker(book/lyrics) & Denver Casado(music) to be performed at 7 p.m. Aug- 5-6 at the Delta Gateway Museum. Refreshments will be available from 6-7 p.m. followed by the play at 7 p.m...
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Crawford to tour local manufacturing facilities
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
This week, Representative Rick Crawford will host a Manufacturing and STEM Education tour across the 1st District of Arkansas. Crawford will join 1st District educators in visiting local manufacturing employers to further connect the education system and local industry...
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Elizabeth West Warren
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Elizabeth West Warren, 91, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.Born to Roy and Rebecca (Thompson) Mitchell, she was a homemaker and was a member of First Baptist Church. Elizabeth loved sports, and was an avid Razorbacks fan. She enjoyed going to all of her grandchildren's sporting and horse show events. Elizabeth loved music and animals...
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Billy Joe Greene
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Billy Joe Greene, 55, of Crawfordsville, Ark. passed away July 25, 2016 in Crawfordsville. He was born on May 29,1961 in Harrisburg to Edward and Nadine Greene of Smithville, Ark. He was a shop manager and of the Pentecostal Faith. Mr. Greene was proceeded in death by his sister Taresa Walling...
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Bernice Ruth Fikes
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mrs. Bernice Ruth Fikes, 63, of Blytheville passed away on Monday, July 25, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was born in Blytheville to Thurman John Pate and Martha E. May Pate on May 31, 1953. She was a lifelong resident of this area.She was a very talented person who taught herself how to play the guitar. ...
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Victor Duvall Beaugard
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mr. Victor Duvall Beaugard, 55, of Blytheville, departed from this life on July 23, 2016 in Blytheville. He was born on March 14,1961 in Blytheville to the late Roy Beaugard and Georgia Neal Hopkins,. He was employed by Pierce Lawn Service and of the Baptist Faith...
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Carl Wayne Armstrong
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mr. Carl Wayne Armstrong, 59, of Alexander passed away from this life on July 23, 2016 at his residence. He was born on June 6, 1957 in Memphis to the late Winford Scott and Gladys Strickland Armstong. She was a worker at Wal-Mart. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by five siblings...
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Watson "Pete" Sailors
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Watson "Pete" Sailors, 76, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when completed. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Geneva "Marie" Rackley
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mrs. Geneva "Marie" Rackley,75, of Dyersburg passed from this life on July 22, 2016 in Dyersburg. She was born on March 11, 1941 in Batesville to the late Lorine Fincher. She was a hair dresser and of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Rackley...
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Sandra Kay Collins
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mrs. Sandra Kay Collins, 70, of Blytheville passed away Friday, July 22, 2016 at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. Born August 10, 1945 in Blytheville, she was the daughter of late Mervin and Annie Hicks Huffman. She was a lifelong member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church in Huffman and had worked at Pizza Hut for many years. ...
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Doris Ann Orr
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mrs. Doris Ann Orr, 65, of Luxora, passed from this life on July 22,2016 in Blytheville. She was born on January 31, 1951 in Alabama to the late Mattie Byrd. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Doyal Wayne Orr...
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Charlotte Ann Boyd
(Obituary ~ 07/26/16)
Mrs. Charlotte Ann Boyd, 74, of Osceola, originally from Athelstan, Ark., passed from this life on July 25,2016 at her residence. She was born on September 26, 1941 in Boonesville, Miss. to the late Olan Scasbrick and Lena Kilgo Allred. Also her stepfather was the late H.K. Allred. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal Faith...
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Judge enjoins courthouse election
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
Retired Circuit Judge David Laser sided with the City of Osceola and various other plaintiffs Tuesday afternoon in their injunctions against Mississippi County, and agreed to enjoin the special election which was slated to take place on August 9 county-wide...
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QC rejects grant for Osceola courthouse roof
(Local News ~ 07/26/16)
A $70,000 Arkansas Heritage Preservation grant for roof repairs at the Osceola courthouse was denied Tuesday night in a meeting of the full Mississippi County Quorum Court. Acceptance of the grant had already caused contention in last week's meeting of the finance committee, when County Judge Randy Carney brought it to the committee as a pass-through and many justices protested the fact that no county officials or committees had been involved in the application process...
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