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Pirates to scrimmage Paragould
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/17)
Coach Brandon Barbaree and the 2016 4A-3 conference champions Gosnell Pirates will get their first action of the 2017 season, on the road, Tuesday against the 5A-East Paragould Rams in a scrimmage game. The Pirates finished 13-2 last season, which ended with a conference championship and a trip to the 4A quarterfinals...
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Chicks hope Mountain Home prepares them for Wynne
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/17)
Blytheville Chickasaws head coach Ben Fisher looks at Tuesday's AAA Benefit game against the 6A-East Mountain Home Bombers as preparation for 5A-East conference opponent and Fisher's alma mater, the Wynne Yellow Jackets. The Chickasaws will have to travel to Mountain Home, which was originally scheduled for a home game but changed because Blytheville is installing turf at Haley Field...
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ANC board updated on the Allied Tech project
(Local News ~ 08/19/17)
The Arkansas Northeastern College Board of Trustees, in its bimonthly meeting, discussed progress on the new Center for Allied Technologies, the college’s pending involvement with the county in a workforce development program, and how their efficiency rating that measures expenses relative to students, teachers and administration has placed them well above most all other area colleges and universities...
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Council funds golf course; approves police, fire raises plan
(Local News ~ 08/19/17)
The Blytheville City Council addressed multiple hot-button issues during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, including rolling out the new pay raises for the city’s police and firefighters and voting to fund the Thunder Bayou Golf Links through December 31...
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New county judge is community-minded
(Local News ~ 08/19/17)
“My thoughts about this community and Mississippi County is that we have wonderful people who do great jobs every day. I want that capitalized on. Every government is going to have its hardships and its challenges…but I want the focal point on the positive we have here in our county,” Mississippi County Judge Terri Brassfield said...
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