Stories from Friday, January 9, 2009

Members of the Blytheville School Board heard Thursday night a summary of items discussed at a series of meetings held in December between patrons of the district, students, staff and administrators and consultants hired to help the board select a new superintendent...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court's Personnel and Committee on Committees met recently in County Judge Steve McGuire's office to assign justices to the court's various committees. The assignments were approved during a special court meeting Thursday evening...

Blytheville police are investigating the theft of several thousand dollars of items from a vehicle, according to reports. Wednesday at 1:40 p.m., Glendil Burress of the 1000 block of Highland, reported to police that his vehicle was broken into while parked in his front yard sometime Tuesday night, and several pieces of stereo equipment and a gun were taken. Value of the missing items is believed to be $4,300...