Stories from Sunday, March 28, 2010

Tracey Ritchey, 47, has announced that she is exploring the opportunity to run for mayor of Blytheville in the 2010 election. "I have never thought of myself as a political personality," she said in a statement released Friday, "But I believe I have the administrative and interpersonal skills needed to do the job. Also, nothing is more important in government than sincerity and honesty and, of course, a true love of Blytheville."...

With a list of 154 homes ready for demolition in hand, Blytheville city officials were handed a $75,000 check Wednesday to tear some of them down. Nucor-Yamato Steel, Nucor Steel Arkansas and Nucor Castrip combined for the major donation. The Nucors also recently donated $15,000 to be used in Cypress and Williams parks...