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Lake City, Caraway, Leachville Residents Recognized at St. Bernards
(Local News ~ 11/21/12)
Five residents from Eastern Craighead County and Mississippi County are among 57 employees who were honored at a recent quarterly employee recognition dinner at St. Bernards Medical Center. Honorees included those whose employment anniversary dates came in the third quarter of 2012 and whose length of service fell into five-year increments...
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Dinner and show brought to Manila
(Local News ~ 11/21/12)
Manila fifth and sixth grade students enjoyed a dinner and show on Tuesday at the Manila Community Center. The formal event was planned and supported by the work of the students. The live show, "Treasure Island," was presented by Hampstead Stage Company, a non-profit touring children's theatre out of New Hampshire...
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Bobbie Duncan
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
Mrs. Bobbie Joyce Duncan, 78, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at her home.
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Recod attendance at Spaghetti Dinner
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/21/12)
On behalf of the Blytheville Humane Society, I wish to thank everyone that helped with our spaghetti dinner and auction. It was a huge success! We had record attendance and contributions. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of our membership and volunteers. ...
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Is a skateboard board the best plan for Blytheville?
(Column ~ 11/21/12)
The problem with the city of Blytheville's parks and recreation tax is that nobody has every really defined how it was to be used.
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Drugs, guns, cash seized during raids
(Local News ~ 11/21/12)
Officers of the Second Judicial Drug Task Force have recently completed two operations which turned up multiple arrests, as well as the seizure of illegal drugs and weapons in Blytheville.
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Local merchants gearing up for "Small Business Saturday"
(Local News ~ 11/21/12)
Saturday is the third annual "Small Business Saturday," a national event sponsored by American Express designed to bring attention to the small business community and help launch this holiday shopping season.
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City getting new building for Public Works
(Local News ~ 11/21/12)
Using money set aside from selling land to the Arkansas Highway Department and taking advantage Nucor Steel's donation, the city of Blytheville will replace its deteriorating Blytheville Public Works building following action from the Blytheville City Council Tuesday night.
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Coach Flanigan wears many hats
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/12)
"Coach" is just one of many titles for Jeff Flanigan. "Coach," "teacher," "father," "husband," "Inspirational Rapper," and soon to be "Doctor" are all names that can be attributed to the first-year head basketball coach of the Blytheville Chickasaws...
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Howard W. Bush
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
Mr. Howard W. Bush, 75, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at his home. Mr. Bush was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division, an Insurance agent for Mutual of Omaha and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his Wife, Sandra S. Bush;...
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Wayne Kirk James Wayne Kirk, 65, of Navarre, Fla., former northeast Arkansas resident, passed from this life Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012, at the Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla. Born in Blytheville, he had lived in Lilburn, Mo., as a child and was a U.S
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
James Wayne Kirk, 65, of Navarre, Fla., former northeast Arkansas resident, passed from this life Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012, at the Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla. Born in Blytheville, he had lived in Lilburn, Mo., as a child and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Wayne was later employed by Carlock Pontiac in Blytheville for many years...
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L.C. McCullum
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
Mr. L.C. McCullum, 59, of Joiner, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in Osceola. Born March 2, 1953, in Wilson, he was owner and operator of McCullum Machine Works in Blytheville. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Frenchman's Bayou. His parents, Tyree McCullum and Ada Baker McCullum, preceded him in death...
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Bettie Lois (Richardson) McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
Mrs. Bettie Lois (Richardson) McDaniel, 70, of Gosnell, passed from this life Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at St Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Holland, Mo., to James Franklin and Geneva (Menser) Richardson, she was a retired warehouse inventory clerk for Bush Canning Company of Blytheville and was of the Pentecostal faith. Bettie was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, Nana and great-grandma and her greatest joy in life was spending time with her grandchildren and great-granddaughter...
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J.C. Young
(Obituary ~ 11/21/12)
Mr. J.C. Young, 78, of Joiner, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born March 30, 1934, in Clarkesdale, Ark., he was a bus driver and a member of Holy Temple Outreach Ministry in Earle. His parents, William and Nellie Carter Young, preceded him in death, as did one son, Devon Young...
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