Stories from Saturday, March 5, 2016

Main Street Blytheville is asking for financial support from local businesses to overcome being cut from the city of Blytheville budget. The organization has sent out letters to local businesses, seeking contributions for its upcoming programs. "For a quarter century now, Main Street Blytheville has been faithful to its charge of enhancing Blytheville's Downtown Historic District through the preservation of our unique cultural and architectural heritage," Tiffany Hoskins, Main Street Board secretary, said in the letter. ...

The 36th Annual ESA/St. Jude Radio/Cable-thon continues today (Saturday), offering an opportunity for residents to open their hearts and their wallets for St. Jude Children's Hospital. The Radio-thon kicked off Friday with scheduled stops at Hardee's, The Front Porch Cafe, Blytheville Travel Center, Hays Grocer and Car Mac's Shell. In 2015, ESA reached the threshold of more than $200 million in cash and pledges to support the hospital...