Stories from Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mayor Barry Riley announced the receipt of a $47,000 grant for work on the Caraway Senior Center at the Caraway City Council meeting held Thursday, Feb. 14. "In order to qualify for the grant we will need to change the name on the building to Caraway Community Center," Riley said. ...

Buffalo Island Central Superintendent George Edd Holland announced to the board at the Feb. 12 meeting his intent to retire from education effective June 30. Mr. Holland has 44 years in education, all in the Monette/BIC School District. ...

Young farmers up to 45 years of age from Mississippi County and surrounding areas are invited to a seminar on modern day topics for professional farmers sponsored by the Mississippi county Farm bureau, reports Heath Adkisson, president...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mrs. Gladys Smith, 84, of Blytheville, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at her home.

When it comes to the resignation of Pope Benedict and the soon-to-be-named new leader of the Catholic Church, the mainstream news media is pretty much damned no matter what it does.

Blytheville Police Department dispatchers Robin Haught and Martha Washington recently completed a weeklong E911 Telecommunicator Course at the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden.

The summer of 2013 is expected to see the conclusion of a five-year project contracted out by the Mississippi County to digitize all of its archived courthouse records.

Erroneous language forced the Blytheville City Council to pull a proposal that would raise wastewater rates 10 percent, Tuesday night.

Traffic came to a halt for a brief time Tuesday afternoon when bricks from the Blytheville Compress collapsed onto Moultrie, across from the Kroger parking lot.

PARAGOULD--The Blytheville Chickasaws dropped their 10th game in a row with a 65-47 loss to the Greene County Tech Golden Eagles Tuesday night. Blytheville (4-22, 1-12 5A-East) trailed 19-12 after one period, 32-24 at halftime and 53-35 heading into the fourth...

Mississippi County will be well represented in this year's regional basketball tournaments beginning tonight throughout the state. In the 4A East Region in Heber Springs, the 3-4A district tournament champion Gosnell Pirates begin their quest for their first trip to the state tournament since 2010 at 8:30 tonight against Batesville Southside...