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Police: Gunman fires weapon at victim hiding in closet
(Local News ~ 08/22/16)
Blytheville police are investigating a shooting early Friday morning in the 900 block of McDaniel Street. The victim told police, at his cousin's home, five males kicked in the front door and pointed guns at those inside the residence. The victim ran to the back bedroom and laid down in the closet, then a male came in the room and accused him of breaking into a house...
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Sex offender claims his infant daughter was left home alone
(Local News ~ 08/22/16)
Authorities are investigating a report by a sex offender that his 4-month old daughter was left home alone in the 800 block of North Second. The man said when coming back from visiting his brother in the Mississippi County Jail, he noticed the child's mother walking down Second Street. ...
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Willie Velma Caery Whitney
(Obituary ~ 08/22/16)
Willie Velma Caery Whitney of Manila was born at Black Water (now Blackwater) and died Aug. 22, 2016, in Jonesboro at age 87 after a full and amazing life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. ...
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Flaminio arrested in North Carolina
(Local News ~ 08/22/16)
A man wanted for an aggravated burglary at Capri Apartments is in custody in North Carolina, according to Blytheville Criminal Investigations Division Commander Capt. Scott Adams. Jakob Flaminio, 27, was taken into custody per Blytheville warrants in Rowan County, North Carolina. ...
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Motorists complain of vehicles parked on the sidewalk
(Local News ~ 08/22/16)
Blytheville Assistant Police Chief Ricky Jefferson told the Courier News Monday that the BPD, City Council members and other city officials have received numerous complaints from citizens of vehicles parked on the sidewalk, blocking the view of oncoming traffic...
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