Stories from Saturday, July 14, 2012

Did ya hear the story about two animal control ladies and the skunk?

How sad is it for the Republican Congress to keep bickering over the health care law, about it being a tax and repealing it? Why is the health care law is causing the Republican Congress so much grief? Stop lying to the American people about repealing the president's health care law. ...

Wilma Jeanette Short Mrs. Wilma Jeanette Short, 68, of Bassett, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at her home. Born Aug. 3, 1944, in Golden Lake to the late Ben and Iva Dobson Derrick, she was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded by her husband, David Short; two sisters, Minnie Stout and Arlene Cissell; and one brother, Bruce Derrick...

Longtime Blytheville resident Kevin Snow is officially announcing his candidacy for the Ward 2, Position 1 spot on the City Council. This seat and other local positions will be up for re-election this November. Snow said that he has always been interested in local government, and he feels that the time is right to run for office himself...

For quality, affordable, fun live entertainment close to home one only needs to visit The Ritz on Main Street in Blytheville during the Arts Council of Mississippi County's 2012-2013 Series. Five fantastic shows are planned, with others under consideration...

With summer in full swing, appropriate lawn care is a high priority for the city's Code Enforcement, but according to Assistant Police Chief Marvin Crawford, many property owners may not realize the extent of their responsibility as such. According to City Ordinance 1626, residential and commercial property owners are responsible for the physical upkeep of any property they own, but Crawford said property owners often don't realize where their property lines are...

Mississippi County Judge Randy Carney officially lifted the county-wide burn ban Saturday afternoon, after a satisfactory amount of rainfall during the latter half of the week. The burn ban was issued in late June as a result of high temperatures and a severe lack of rain. Carney told the CN last week that he was just waiting for it to rain enough that the ground began to soak up moisture, making burn conditions not as hazardous...