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Programs scheduled to honor veterans
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Blytheville will host a Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. The event will be held at the Mississippi County Courthouse. Weather permitting, it will be held outside near the flagpoles. In case of inclement weather, it will be moved to the courtroom. Veteran and Mayor Melisa Logan will be the guest speaker. Veterans are encouraged to attend. The public is invited...
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State Auditor finds $87,326 for Blytheville Airport
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Auditor of State Dennis Milligan’s office, which administers the state’s unclaimed property program, the Great Arkansas Treasure Hunt, recently located $87,326.77 for the Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport. Milligan met with Board President Barrett Harrison and member Mike Jacques, along with Rep. Joey Carr of Blytheville, at the airport this week to help them complete their claim and present them with a ceremonial check...
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Wraparound partnership helps provide home for veteran
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Thanks to the wraparound partnership of several agencies in Mississippi County, a couple went from homeless to housing in three weeks. Veteran Hershel Lancaster and Bobbie George have been together for 30 years. They fell on difficult times when they lost their home and possessions in a fire. They both have health issues...
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Hernandez serves two terms in Vietnam
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Veteran Frank Hernandez of Manila served four years, 1966-1970, in the U.S. Navy followed by two years of inactive reserve. Hernandez did two tours in Vietnam which left memories that are not easy to forget by the men and women who were there in the war zones...
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Navy Veteran Leonard Middlebrooks reminisces
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Navy veteran Leonard Middlebrooks of Blytheville remembers his two tours of service that took him around the globe twice. He said serving in the military was a good experience and helped mold him into adulthood. Middlebrooks was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He had family ties to Mississippi County and moving to Blytheville was not a problem for him as he was familiar with the area. He moved to Memphis in 1993 and to Blytheville in 2010...
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Mississippi County Veterans Service Officer - Samuel Bibbs serves country in U.S. Air Force
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Veteran Samuel Bibbs is completing his first year as Mississippi County Veterans Service Officer. Bibbs divides his time between the Blytheville office at 500 Chickasawba Street in the annex building and the Osceola office located in the courthouse, Room 308...
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World War II GI Bill changes America
(Column ~ 11/10/23)
It has been heralded as one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever produced by the federal government—one that impacted the United States socially, economically and politically. But it almost never came to pass. The Service members' Readjustment Act of 1944—commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights—nearly stalled in Congress as members of the House and Senate debated provisions of the controversial bill...
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Farmers Bank makes donation
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
The Manila Food Pantry needed help feeding families in need for the holidays. Farmers Bank stepped in and made a donation of food and $500. Pictured are Shantel Sexton, Food Pantry volunteer; LaRay White with Farmers Bank and Food Pantry Director Angie Master. If anyone would like to donate or volunteer, call the Manila Food Pantry at 870-243-3960 or stop by downtown 203 Baltimore in Manila. ...
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Young author holds book signing in Blytheville
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Young author William G. Phillips of Dallas, Texas, was the guest at Blytheville Book Company on Friday, Nov. 3, as he greeted the guests and signed his book, “The Magic Island Chronicles, Book I, Magic Island”. What started out to be a book, became a series of four books...
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Me and My Sister Boutique gets ready for the holidays
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Me and My Sister Boutique in Downtown Blytheville is getting ready for the holiday season and stocking items that their customers want and need. Owners Lori Hixon and Leslie Wells have been on Main Street for 14 years. They are getting ready for Pink Friday on Nov. 17. This is their second year to host Pink Friday, a nationwide campaign to encourage customers to support local first. It takes place the week before Black Friday. There will be doorbusters and special sales...
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Framework Staffing opens in Blytheville
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Framework Staffing opened in Blytheville on Oct. 6. The business was welcomed with a ribbon- cutting sponsored by the Mississippi County Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Nov. 9. Owner is Janiece Wren and serving as manager is Jessica Casey. Chandler Williams is the staffing coordinator...
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City of Blytheville announces trash pick-up schedule
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
The sanitation schedule for Thanksgiving Week will change. Trash pick-up will be as follows: Monday, Nov. 20 – Monday and Tuesday routes will be picked up. Tuesday, Nov. 21 – Wednesday route will be picked up. Wednesday, Nov. 22 – Thursday route will be picked up...
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Carr honored with McGee Scholarship
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Armorel graduate Mayson Carr, an exceptional student and president of the Physical Education Majors (PEM) Club at Arkansas State University, has been awarded the esteemed Newman McGee Scholarship by SHAPE Arkansas. This scholarship, named after Professor Emeritus Newman McGee from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and former president of the Arkansas Association for Health, Physical Education, and Dance (now SHAPE Arkansas), is the highest recognition granted by the organization...
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Lloyd gives his life in suicide mission
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
Mississippi County, Arkansas is filled with honest, good ole’ boy heroes… past and present. One never to be forgotten is Edgar Harold Lloyd, a young boy from Yarbro, who died on what’s been termed a “suicide mission” serving his country in World War II...
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War Birds depicts diary of WWI hero
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
John McGavock Grider, the only son of William H. Grider and Sue Grider, was born on May 18, 1892, at the Sans Souci Plantation. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Grider traveled to Chicago, Illinois, and enlisted as a cadet in the Aviation Section of the United States Army Signal Corps. At this point in history, the U.S. did not have an air service, therefore, Grider was sent to join the No. 85 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, near Oxford, England...
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Lions veterans thanked for service
(Local News ~ 11/10/23)
The Blytheville Lions Club recently presented Lion Clubs members and veterans Bill Nelson, John Logan, Dr. Mike Williams and Tom Wiktorek with a coin in appreciation of their service to our country.
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