Stories from Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The Blytheville City Council passed Mayor James Sanders’ submitted budget for fiscal year 2018 during their regular December meeting Tuesday night. Councilman John Mayberry cast the sole “no” vote. The December vote represents the earliest a Blytheville City Budget has been passed in well over a decade. State law requires that municipal budgets be passed by February 1...

The Lights of the Delta (LOTD) has become an annual pilgrimage made by thousands of people from all over the country, with most of the youngsters being particularly interested in having their pictures taken with Santa. This weekend will be the final weekend of the 2017 season and Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be the final three days of Santa’s visit to the LOTD before his big Christmas Eve trip around the world and his return trip back home to the North Pole...

— Wednesday, December 20 (Thursday route) — Thursday, December 21 (Friday route) — Friday, December 22-25 (Closed for Christmas) — Tuesday, December 26 (Monday and Tuesday routes) — Wednesday, December 27 (resumes regular schedule) — Monday, January 1...

Last week a jury reached a guilty verdict in the case of State v. Allan Curtis Jones. Jones was convicted of murder in the second degree and he was sentenced to 24 years (18 years for murder and six years for fire arm enhancement) in Arkansas Department of Corrections. ...

BLYTHEVILLE— The Blytheville Chickasaws battled back to make things interesting against 5A/6A blended conference opponent West Memphis Blue Devils on Tuesday but in the end, fell 76-71. The Chickasaws and Blue Devils went back and forth in the first quarter. WMHS senior forward Zachary Byrd hit a layup as time expired to regain the lead 18-16 at the end of the first. They never fell behind until Tony Newmy Jr. connected on a layup to give the Chicks a two-point lead late in the second quarter...

JONESBORO— Monday, the Gosnell Pirates (5-4, 1-3 4A-3) avenged an earlier 68-65 loss in their season to 4A-3 Conference foe Harrisburg Hornets in the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament held at Arkansas State’s First National Bank Arena, formerly known as the Convocation Center, with a convincing 73-39 victory this time around...