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Blytheville Police Reports (April 21)
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police took a report of a damaged phone at Blytheville High School. A student apparently took another student's phone, sold it and, when it was returned to the rightful owner, the device was damaged...
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Sewer issue on Moultrie impacts 600 customers, traffic
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
The city of Blytheville is looking at an expensive fix for a busted sewer pipe on Moultrie. There are approximately 600 sewer customers affected, and Moultrie has been reduced to one lane at the site of the break. Blytheville Mayor James Sanders said if the roadway begins to buckle, the city may shutdown part of Moultrie. While he didn't have an estimated cost, Sanders noted a similar repair several years ago was about $250,000. Aging infrastructure is causing headaches in several areas of town...
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Quorum Court discusses concealed carry in courthouses
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
In May, the Mississippi County Quorum Court will be considering an ordinance which would allow some county employees to carry guns into the courthouses in Blytheville and Osceola. The court's police, fire and safety committee met Thursday at the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department to discuss the proposed ordinance with Sheriff Dale Cook. Committee chair Justice Ken Kennemore brought a similar ordinance recently passed in Faulkner County to use as a template...
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Hang on while I get my soapbox...
(Column ~ 04/22/16)
So you guys know how I'm always harping on about how love is the answer to just about everything? How love always wins, drives away fear, changes lives? That hasn't changed. It always has and it always will. And I have to say that right now I'm feeling fairly heartbroken over the behavior of some of my fellow people of faith...
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