Stories from Friday, September 30, 2016

A man wanted in an Aug. 27 shooting incident on Elm Street was arrested around 11 a.m. Friday. Blytheville officers received information that Terrance Mathis was in the area of Parkway, according to Capt. Scott Adams, the BPD CID commander. "Officers responded to the scene and were given a vehicle description Mathis was in," Adams said. ...

Blytheville police arrested a California fugitive Friday morning, as he was walking near Capri Apartments. Charles Ralph Fisher, 25, was taken into custody around 9:40 a.m. Friday, according to Capt. Scott Adams, the BPD CID commander. He was wanted on robbery charges...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Osceola Courthouse, making a change to the county employee handbook and accepting pass-through grants from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...

The Great River Economic Development Foundation met in special session Wednesday morning to approve an initiative that would offer economic incentives to Nucor Steel in their plan to bring 100 new jobs to the area with the proposed $230 million cold mill expansion...

Blytheville hosted the 2016 Northeast Arkansas Rural Business and Enterprise Development Conference on Friday at the Holiday Inn. The theme of the conference was "Innovation and Inclusion: Creating Job Opportunities in Rural Marketplaces." There was a breakfast with leaders to start the event, which included around 20 local, state, federal and private sector partners providing information to those in attendance. ...

Your vote in November's general election is very important! It has been estimated that in 2008, 6 million Americans did not vote because they either missed a registration deadline or didn't know how to register. The deadline to register to vote in the November election is October 10th this is A Call to Action and Civic Duty for every citizen in District 55 who wishes to vote. I want you to have that opportunity...

Friday's Scores The Associated Press Alma 35, Farmington 14 Ashdown 47, Bauxite 3 Atkins 41, Two Rivers 0 Bald Knob 35, Mayflower 12 Batesville 43, Paragould 7 Benton 63, Siloam Springs 0 Bentonville 56, Van Buren 14 Berryville 52, Gentry 44 Blytheville 46, Nettleton 0...

Blytheville rolled to a 46-0 win over the Raiders to bounce back from the conference opening loss to Wynne in Week 4. On Friday night, a three yard and an eight yard run by Demekko Clark got the scoring going at 8:42 and 7:42 marks. The second touchdown came off a Raider fumble at the Blytheville 20 yard line...

GOSNELL -- The Gosnell Pirates gave their large homecoming crowd plenty to cheer about Friday night, as they thumped 3-4A Conference foe Cave City, 38-6, at J.W. Rea Stadium. The Pirate defense forced three turnovers, including a strip sack that turned into a scoop and score. They sacked the Cave City quarterback four times on the evening and held the Cavemen to just 187 total yards of offense...