Stories from Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Blytheville Police Department has begun a Citizen Police Academy. “The Citizen Police Academy is an endeavor by the Blytheville Police Department to educate citizens about law enforcement policies, procedures, functions and services,” Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson said. “The mission of the Citizen Police Academy is to give the public a working knowledge of the Blytheville Police Department in an effort to better understand police officers, their duties and functions.”...

Sean Douglas Puckett, 41, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Little Rock, he was the son of the late Hershel Douglas Puckett and was raised in Little Rock before moving with his family to Earle, at the age of 12. ...

At some point in their life, everyone has a moment when they have to decide what they would like to do with it. For some, that moment comes early in life and for others, it comes a bit later. In my case, the moment came and then died off and has recently been revived. I’m referring to my relationship with journalism and how being a journalist/columnist can make me feel like part of something bigger than myself, unlike any other task...

Over the past few weeks the Blytheville Police Department has received reports from citizens who were the victims of theft after posting items for sale or purchase on non-regulated sites such as Facebook, according to Criminal Investigations Division Commander Lt. John Frazier...

The Gosnell Senior High Robotics team received recognition from the Gosnell School Board at this month's meeting. The robotics team won third place at the state level competition this year in B.E.S.T. (Boosting engineering, science and technology) Robotics. Lynn Brown is the sponsor of the team, which began last year but did not begin competing until this year...