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Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic content. At least six children were victimized by Blytheville Middle School teacher Gregrory Briggs, according to court records released Tuesday. Briggs, 39, of Blytheville faces charges of rape, sexual grooming of a child and internet stalking. Last week, Judge Shannon Langston set his bond at $200,000 cash only...

On Friday , officers of the Blytheville Police Department responded to Great River Medical Center regarding a gunshot victim. “ Upon officer arrival they learned 29-year-old Darrius Wilson suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He later succumbed to his injuries at Great River Medical Center. Detectives believe he was shot in the area of the 500 block of South Franklin Street. This case is being investigated as a homicide,” Capt. John Frazier wrote in a press release...

Mississippi County has a second reported COVID-19 death according to the Arkansas Department of Health. As of Tuesday morning, Mississippi County has 70 positive cases with 13 active cases, 55 recoveries, two deaths and 992 negatives tests. Throughout Arkansas the total positive cases 6,029 (up 417 from Friday) with 1,663 active cases; 4,249 recoveries and 117 deaths, an increase of four since Friday's report. ...

A tractor trailer lost its load at Highway 18 and Lake in Blytheville on Thursday afternoon. According to Blytheville Police Department Capt. Jeremy Ward, the 18-wheeler was westbound at a high rate of speed on Highway 18 at Lake. "(The tractor trailer) flipped up on two wheels launching a coil south on Lake," Ward said, adding the coil came to rest at Franklin and Highway 18...

During Blytheville Mayor James Sanders’ Wednesday press conference, he and Blytheville Police Department assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson stated that officers will be addressing speeding in town. “I’d like to report at this time that we do not have any employees out due to the COVID-19; however, we are getting reports of speeding a lot here lately, especially on the newly paved roadways,” Jefferson said. ...

OSCEOLA—Tuesday night, the Mississippi County Quorum Court met in Osceola where justices approved four resolutions and 10 ordinances. One of the measures involved the purchase of the Blytheville Emergency Squad Building for $200,000, because it is on the Blytheville courthouse construction site...

Residents of Mississippi County have come together to help high school seniors through a Facebook group called “Adopt-A-Senior Mississippi County’.” Adopt-A-Senior is a social media group that has picked up momentum throughout the country, since the senior class of 2020 has been limited in completing their senior year traditional festivities...

Two perished during an early morning head-on collision Saturday on Interstate 55 near Blytheville. According to the Arkansas State Police report, A 2013 Jeep was southbound in the northbound lane of I-55, at the 64 mile marker around 4:40 a.m. Saturday when it struck a 2017 Chevrolet, causing both vehicles to catch fire...

Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Blytheville firemen were called to 21st Street to battle a vacant house fire. “Crews attempted to let it burn but it got to precarious in relation to the structure next to it,” Blytheville fire chief Mike Carney said. “The fire was extinguished. Both these houses last night have burned before.”...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series on longstanding local businesses. Southworth Products Corporation is among the longest operating manufacturing companies in Mississippi County, opening in Manila in 1979. The company is headquartered in Maine and has a long history dating back more than 130 years...