Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2018

The Arkansas Athletics Association announced last Monday that Blytheville High School was awarded the Class 5A Sportsmanship award for the 2017-2018 school year. BHS received this award during the 2015-2016 school year as well, making the Chickasaws winners two of the last three years...

City of Blytheville sewer director Garry Carr reported to the Airport and Utilities Committee that the city could be found in violation after an inspection from ADEQ that was scheduled to take place on Tuesday. The inspection is of the city’s south water treatment plant...

Blytheville Assistant Chief of Police Ricky Jefferson reminds office-seekers of some of the rules concerning political signs and banners that are popping up all over Blytheville. Political signs and banners cannot be up 60 days prior to the election at hand...

GOSNELL — Late Monday afternoon, Gosnell emergency personnel and Pafford EMS responded to a chemical incident at 105 Marti Avenue. Gosnell Assistant Chief of Police Andrew Wyles told the CN Tuesday that the homeowner had been mixing pool chemicals, commonly referred to as “shock”, in their kitchen. This caused a reaction-based gas to release, which is very volatile...

A man exposed himself to a United States Postal Service employee, according to a Blytheville Police Department report. On Tuesday, the employee reported to police that on July 17 she was working the counter inside the Post Office. "While inside a black male approached her for her to check his mail," the report reads. ...

One of the four injured in a shootout early Saturday morning at the “Blue Building” is now behind bars. On Wednesday, Blytheville police arrested 34-year-old Sekou Gray on charges of possession of a firearm by certain persons and battery first degree, according to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson...