Stories from Friday, June 27, 2014

Velma Green, 75, of Manila, died Thursday June 26, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

It has been a great joy to be a part of the Blytheville School Board for five years for Zone 2. My term has come to an end. We are looking for someone to run in my place. First, I would like for you to go www.asba.org (Arkansas School Board Association). ...

For some reason, I forgot to come in a little early this morning -- since Mark Brasfield is off this week I've been putting the sports pages together. Even though Aaron FitzPatrick does most of the actual sports writing, Mark actually builds the pages and when he's not here, I do it.

The Gosnell School District will debut a new website next week, with an updated design and downloadable documents and forms, as well as links to new websites for both the high school and elementary school.

A Caruthersville man is in custody at the Pemiscot County Jail with no bond after allegedly stabbing a Caruthersville city employee multiple times.

As the Blytheville Public School District spends the summer preparing for the 2014-15 school year, a big project, according to Director of Operations Randy Jumper, will be taking the playground equipment from the old Central Elementary campus and moving it to the current elementary campus located on East Moultrie Street...

Little-Mac-Media, located at 1001 N. Sixth St., celebrated its grand opening Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with members of the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce. Owner Matthew Chancery (center) said his company started online more than five years ago, and after being located in Osceola for a short time, moved to Blytheville...

A special appropriation is scheduled for approval by the Mississippi County Quorum Court in the amount of $320,000 for the installation of a new leachate pumping system at the county landfill.

I am back again. Most of you know me as "The Crazy Mold Lady." I heard it through the grapevine that there were not going to be any more trailers demolished. Why not? People, you need to google toxic black mold. I am not the only person that is sick. ...

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) created the Junior American Citizens (JAC) Committtee to promote good citizenship and appreciation of American heritage and history among every school-age child in the United States.

Recipients of the 2014 Dr. L.B. Burton Memorial Scholarships was recently announced.