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A total of 88 pounds of drugs was seized in a bust Friday evening at a reported upholstery business at the corner of Ash Street and South Division in Blytheville, according to Second Judicial District prosecuting attorney Scott Ellington. Randie Booker, 35, and George Green, 49, were arrested during the operation, Ellington said...

Mississippi County Circuit Court Judge Dan Ritchey usually rules on crimes. On Tuesday, he was the victim of one — an attempted robbery at his home. According to a report from the Blytheville Police Department, officers responded to the 1400 block of North 6th Street that day after receiving a call from Judge Ritchey...

Blytheville police, along with federal agents and several law enforcement agencies, made multiple arrests and seized drugs during a bust at a reported upholstery business at the corner of Ash Street and South Division, Friday evening, according to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson. The chief noted police seized approximately 22 pounds of marijuana, 2.4 pounds of suspected cocaine, and 62 pounds of meth. The names of those arrested have not been released...

Motorcyclist James Wright, 52, of Manila suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a Blytheville Police Department patrol car driven by officer Jonathan Penney, Sunday evening, at West Main and 17th Street, according to a report from the Arkansas State Police.

Blytheville city attorney Chris Brown penned a strongly-worded letter to attorney Jim Harris, who is representing Blytheville firemen in a class action lawsuit filed Friday afternoon in Mississippi County Circuit Court regarding overtime pay. In the Nov. 7 letter, Brown noted examples of Blytheville firemen not taking absentee forms seriously, attaching copies of the “BFD Absentee Report for Off Duty Call Back Request Notification” forms and calling them “quite compelling.”...

ARMOREL— The Armorel School Board met Monday for its meeting and voted to give every member on staff in the district a one-time bonus of $1,500 after the district received more money than budgeted through the PILOT funds. “We were blessed,” Armorel Superintendent Tiffany Morgan told the board. ...

Hays Tompkins Sullivan passed away peacefully on Nov. 9 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro following a long illness. He was born in Vanndale, Ark., the son of Emily Tompkins and Hays Sullivan. Raised on his family’s farm in Burdette, Mr. Sullivan graduated from Blytheville High School in 1956 and attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He then returned to Burdette to fulfill his dream of working on the family farm...

Mississippi County Judge John Alan Nelson is asking the city of Blytheville to close about a block of Chickasawba as the county expands the courthouse. Nelson updated the Rotary Club of Blytheville on the progress of the $14 million renovation during the civic club’s weekly meeting on Thursday...

GOSNELL — The Gosnell Pirates (6-5) advanced to the second round of the 4A state playoffs with a 40-29 victory Friday night over the Mena Bearcats.       The next Pirate drive lasted four plays before Pieri hooked up with Partee again — this time for a 74-yard TD completion...

In an effort to save money, the city of Gosnell is considering changing how it bills for sanitation and sewer. During Tuesday night’s Gosnell City Council meeting, Mayor Teresa Walker and city clerk/treasurer Kathleen Hunt-Cross proposed utilizing a billing company for those services instead of continuing to have the Gosnell Water Association include them on the water bill...