Stories from Thursday, July 12, 2012

For a journalist, one of the most important tools in keeping the public informed is the Freedom of Information Act.

The Blytheville Fire Department made a visit to the Police Department Wednesday afternoon to help check for water leaks around the roof.

One way Healing in the Hood hopes to mold at-risk kids into leaders is by introducing them to the state's top leaders.

Thursday morning, Blytheville Mayor James Sanders vehemently denied meeting with Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport Authority president Barrett Harrison in his office in January 2011, part of a report in Wednesday's Courier News about potential Freedom of Information Act violations.

Officer John David Nelson is a Patrolman II with the Blytheville Police Department. At 23 years old, he has already worked for the department for five years, two in dispatch and corrections, and three as an officer on patrol.