Stories from Saturday, August 6, 2016

The Blytheville Code Enforcement Committee touched on a variety of topics on Thursday evening, including revisiting an ordinance that bans food trucks in the city. Under that ordinance, for example, vendors are not allowed to sell ice cream from a truck...

A man who has been missing since Aug. 2 was found dead in an overgrown vacant lot Saturday, just 150 feet from his 1358 South 7th Street home. According to Blytheville Assistant Police Chief Ricky Jefferson, police are investigating the death of 56-year-old Charlie Grice, who has previous medical problems...

A man lost control of his moped while fleeing police on Saturday, according to Blytheville Assistant Police Chief Ricky Jefferson. Police pursued Antoine Hopkins, who suffered minor injuries when crashing at Ruddle and Clearlake, Jefferson said. Hopkins was transported to Great River Medical Center for treatment of his injuries...