Stories from Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police investigated an aggravated assault in the 1300 block of South Sarah. -- Officers investigated a domestic assault in the 900 block of Hearn. -- Police were notified that a Level 3 sex offender (high risk), Timothy Jackson, is not residing at his listed address, which is in the 100 block of East Main. Jackson's whereabouts are unknown...

"Great things are happening at Blytheville Middle School," Blytheville Middle School (BMS) Assistant Principal Louise Davis said. The Blytheville School District held a public hearing on the public conversion charter application at Blytheville Middle School Tuesday evening in the school's cafeteria. Students, teachers, parents, administrators, board members and community leaders all gathered to discuss the vision of bringing New Tech to BMS and the culture change it will require...

Daniel "DyNasty" Johnson, who is wanted for murder of Vincent Stone, is in custody in Jefferson City, Mo., according to Capt. Scott Adams of the Blytheville Police Department. The U.S. Marshal's Service assisted with the apprehension, Adams said Wednesday night...

Assistant Superintendent Kevin Evans received unanimous support from the Gosnell School Board Monday evening regarding a new district Chromebook procedure guideline to be implemented before the tablets are handed out to students. "The guidelines are really just a list of procedures, it's not going to be a policy. We already have internet and technology policies already in our handbook," Evans told the board...

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge spoke with the CN while in Blytheville Saturday evening for the local Republican Lincoln Reagan Dinner at the Holiday Inn. One of the topics that she discussed was Act 746 of 2013 (the "Open Carry Law"). Rutledge issued an official attorney general's opinion regarding Act 746 of the 2013 legislative session. ...