Stories from Friday, August 8, 2014

Zachary Max Jackson, infant son of John and Chandra Pesce Jackson of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro.

An appeal tied to the school choice lawsuit filed against the Blytheville Public School District in May of 2013 was dismissed Friday morning, being determined a moot point by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Richard Gene Smith, 80, of Blytheville, passed from this life Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, at his home.

Sereniti Nicole Davis of Blytheville is doing big things in her community and entertainment career. This young lady is 8 years old and a student of Gosnell Elementary. Her parents are Tamaki and Robert Davis of Blytheville. Sereniti has been very busy with school and after-school activities, but she has also been networking and meeting celebrities to help her with her dream to become an actress...

Members of the Mississippi County 4-H Science Club recently visited the Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium in Memphis. Science Club member Leah Williams of Gosnell clowns in front of an animated Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the more popular displays at the museum...

Here we go again with another bunch of money-losing fools asking for a bailout. Baptist Hospital System agreed to build a new hospital in Blytheville and actually started the foundation work just south of town. Their only demand was that it be the only hospital in Mississippi County, which the quorum of fools (also known as the Quorum Court) demonstrated their business acumen and refused to close the Osceola branch. ...

The article pertaining to the half-cent sales tax did not reveal the total story. It only presented a sales pitch for the benefit of the officials of the county. It is called, normally, the easy way out of a mess. Why, over the many years that the deteriorated condition existed as explained by the newspaper article, wasn't there any actions taken to repair the failed parts of the system as they occurred?...

The Blytheville City Council's Airport and Utilities Committee is looking at all its options regarding the proposed $7 million water treatment plant expansion.