Stories from Friday, February 21, 2014

Riverside held its annual science fair recently with 41 winners qualifying to go on the next level of competition which will be held at Arkansas State University in March. Winners of the NEA Regional Science Fair will go on to compete at Conway in April...

The legal battle between nearly a dozen Blytheville parents and the Blytheville School District regarding the District's abstention from participating in Arkansas' School Choice program is at a standstill.

The Mississippi County Property and Energy Committee is being asked by the Finance Committee to revisit its decision to award the contract for the renovation project at the Moore Center to MVC Construction at the behest of competing bidder, Jowers General Contracting.

Mississippi County Library System Director Jay Ziolko is retiring, but instead of talking about the things he has done, he would rather thank everyone.

A Mississippi County Circuit Court judge dismissed James Anthony Welspom's suit against the city of Blytheville over its assisting Nucor-Yamato Steel in securing Act 9 bonds for a $115 million expansion.

Arbyrd, Mo. -- Bonnie Taylor, daughter of the late Clyde and Edith Grissom Burton, was born Aug. 10, 1937, in Arbyrd, Mo., and passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at the Monette Manor Nursing Home in Monette, at the age of 76...

Everyday as the work day ends, I look forward to 5 p.m. as we close the store down. It's not so much that the work day is over, but what happens at 5 p.m. each day as I leave the store. Once outside, this wonderful sound enfolds the entire downtown area. Yes, you guessed it -- the soothing sound is coming from the First United Methodist Church. This sound of hymns gives me a wonderful feeling of peace...

Freddie Sharp III of Gosnell is scheduled to appear in Circuit Court in Blytheville on Thursday, and he could be facing more charges than the rape of 11-year-old murder victim, Jessica Williams of Gosnell.