Stories from Saturday, August 5, 2017

Beauty is simply being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out. Or at least this is what I believe. However, society has seemed to have strayed away from the concept of what beauty actually is. So many little girls are dealing and coping with the inability of seeing themselves as beautiful. Regardless of their complexion or whether they be fat, skinny, tall or short, a lot of our little girls are struggling to find themselves and what characteristics define who they are...

Wednesday afternoon, the Personnel Committee of the Mississippi County Quorum Court unanimously passed a change to the county’s personnel handbook regarding catastrophic leave pay for employees. Committee Chairman Rick Ash told the committee that the Catastrophic Leave Committee met a week and a half prior to the meeting to decide upon a request for catastrophic leave pay made by a county employee...

The Blytheville Code Enforcement and Animal Control Committee met Thursday afternoon to discuss the creation of a new Criminal Nuisance Abatement Board and a new ordinance regarding the blowing of grass clippings and raked leaves onto Blytheville streets, but the majority of the meeting was actually spent discussing the Humane Society and Animal Control...

The staff of the Mississippi County Juvenile Probation Office hosted its annual Blytheville Party in the Park on Friday. The purpose of the free event is to foster positive relationships between the community and the juvenile probation office. The motto is: “we are better together.”...