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Panel debates funding of ANC well
(Local News ~ 03/07/18)
At the Feb. 24 Blytheville City Council meeting, Arkansas Northeastern College President Dr. James Shemwell requested that the council approve the college's request for a water credit in the amount of $217,000. The credit was requested because of the necessity for ANC to construct a 100-foot water well for fire suppression in order to meet requirements for its new Center for Allied Technology's fire suppression system. ...
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Chamber Banquet is Monday
(Local News ~ 03/07/18)
The annual Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held at 6:30 Monday at Arkansas Northeastern College in the Briggs/Sebaugh Wellness Center. This special banquet will not only be a fundraiser for the Chamber but will also celebrate 30 years of activity for the Blytheville Leadership Institute (BLI). Every year the BLI graduation is held at the event; this year’s class has 30 graduates. The event will be a night of fine food, anticipated awards and rewarding auctions...
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City boards meet
(Local News ~ 03/07/18)
Monday, several of Blytheville City Council’s committees met, including Public Works, Airport and Utilities and Police and Fire. Public Works director Mark Key presented the council with a report of some of the projects that the department has completed within the last month. The report also included several photos of the work finished. Sewer director Gary Carr also presented the council with a few project bids...
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Capt. Adams throws hat in ring for sheriff
(Local News ~ 03/07/18)
After 23 years of arresting bad guys in the Blytheville area, Capt. Scott Adams has thrown his hat in the ring to become Mississippi County’s next sheriff. Adams will face co-worker Bobby Ephlin in the Republican Primary on May 22, and that winner will take on the presumptive Democratic nominee, incumbent Sheriff Dale Cook, who has no opposition in his primary...
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William Franklin Branum, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/07/18)
William Franklin Branum, Jr., 80, of Leachville, passed from this life Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born in Hornersville, Mo., to the late William F. and Virginia Mae Goff Branum, he was a 1955 graduate of Arbyrd High School and had been an Arbyrd area resident for many years. He had lived in Leachville since 1990 where he owned and operated Branum's Electronic Services...
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