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Accompanied by legal counsel, Malik Dority, 26, of Blytheville, surrendered to Sheriff Dale Cook on Monday morning at the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department. Dority is represented by attorneys Zach Morrison of Lake City and Martin E. Lilly of Jonesboro...

LITTLE ROCK—A Blytheville man’s pattern of identity theft and fraudulent credit applications will result in him spending more than eight years in federal prison. Palmer Stubblefield, 41, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for stealing identifying information and using it to apply for more than $148,500 in fraudulently obtained credit. United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky handed down the sentence...

Maleke Dority, 26, of Blytheville, appeared before Judge Shannon Langston just moments ago. The State, through Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Brown, sought a $500,000.00 bond, alleging that Dority was a flight risk and that he had several prior convictions. Brown also read a probable cause affidavit from the Blytheville Police Department stating that the victim had been with Dority and another individual immediately before leaving and being shot in the back...

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier Bus drivers at the Blytheville School District prepared to organize a strike Wednesday morning due to delays in their extra duty pay. Rumors of a strike lingered for days prior, but Wednesday became the tipping point...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Manila School Board accepted a resignation, extended the superintendent’s contract and heard an administrative report by Superintendent Jason Evers at the Thursday, Jan. 19 meeting. Following a lengthy executive session, the board voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Luke McLaughlin, FFA Advisor, Trap coach, agri instructor, and bus driver. His last day as teacher/coach will be Feb. 17 and his last day as bus driver will be Jan. 20...

WHEREAS: On January 22, 1973, the majority of the United States Supreme Court ruled that abortion was a right secured by the United States Constitution; WHEREAS: That decision nullified abortion laws in Arkansas, permitting elective abortion across the state;...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Former Arkansas State Senator and State Representative Henry (Hank) Wilkins IV, 68, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to accept over $95,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing Arkansas state legislation and transactions, including steering approximately $245,000 in Arkansas General Improvement funds to his co-conspirators, which included executives at a Missouri-based health care charity...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Mississippi County Finance Committee held their first meeting of 2023 on Tuesday welcoming newly elected county coroner, Karen Ash-Crane. Ash-Crane addressed the committee on the needs of the coroner’s office. Justice Michael White, chair, explained to the committee that during the terms of former coroner Mike Godsey, he did a lot on his own including using facilities and equipment available to him. ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— On Friday, Jan. 20, the Governor signed into law: SB1, to cover Senate expenses while in session. HB 1001, to cover House expenses while in session. HB 1052, to fund a program of research through the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station...

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier “Together, we will.” This was the overriding theme of the year’s first chamber luncheon with Blytheville mayor Melisa Logan as the guest speaker. Logan stated that her goal for Blytheville is to become one city with one action plan. When brainstorming the best way to express this idea, she was brought back to her time in the military in 1991. “[My drill sergeant] told me, ‘Together we will,’” Logan said...