Stories from Friday, July 23, 2010

A three-person search committee is pondering the replacement of longtime Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport Authority executive director Joe Gurley. Twelve applied for the job, according to BGRAA board member Becky Hawkins, who is one-third of the search committee, along with fellow board members Liz Smith and Jerry Moore...

Capt. Ed Guthrie has worked for the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office for 18 years. Before that, he was a military police officer for the U.S. Air Force. But today is his last day, at least for awhile, as a law enforcement officer in Mississippi County...

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Hundreds mourn slain teenager

Two recent murders in the news have involved juvenile offenders that end up being tried as adults. Cornelius Wilbourn, 16, of Steele is charged with a shooting murder of Bo Jones, and Jamandre Foreman, 16, of Blytheville is charged with the death of a 15-year-old boy...