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Facilities Board gets update about adult softball
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
The Blytheville Facilities Board met Wednesday night in the Municipal Courtroom. Facilities Board President David Hixson asked Cody Wyatt for an update on the Co-Ed Softball program that she had been working on. Wyatt said that seven teams had registered and three teams are sponsored. She also mentioned that so far seven citizens have signed up so they need a few more for an eighth team...
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ANC board discusses facility
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
Members of the Arkansas College Board of Trustees gathered for their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, where members were invited to attend the grand opening of the college’s new Center for Allied Technologies. In other news, the board was given the outcomes of an Efficiency Ratios measurement that touts Arkansas Northeastern College as the leader among all community colleges in Arkansas...
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Gosnell reaches agreement with county on jail fees
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
GOSNELL — During Tuesday night’s Gosnell City Council meeting, Gosnell city attorney Richard Reid suggested a possible solution concerning jail fees owed to Mississippi County. “We requested an itemization of fees that we were told was owed due to those fees being over $41,000.00. After we went over everything ourselves, it stood true and the city of Gosnell did owe that amount,” Reid said...
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Gosnell mayor is not seeking re-election
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
GOSNELL — Tuesday night, during the August Gosnell City Council meeting, Mayor Don Marshall announced he would not be seeking re-election in November. “I have loved seeing our community come together and start to change for the better. It’s been my pleasure serving and working with all our city workers and our community members, but I will not be seeking re-election this year. We’ve all accomplished some great things together and there is more to come as Gosnell moves forward,” Marshall said...
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Let the games begin; just pay attention
(Column ~ 08/18/18)
Well, we've made it to August 17, which means that the political season is about to start full throttle again, and I feel like I need to address a few things before we see so much political spin that it makes me dizzy. Readers, you are going to hear things in the coming months that will make it sound like Blytheville under (insert any politician's name here) will be heaven on earth under their leadership, be it incumbent or challenger. ...
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Filing ends; several races in November
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
Municipal filing closed Friday, and there will be three-way races for Blytheville mayor, Gosnell mayor and two local city council seats. Tom Henry and Harold Sudbury, Jr. are challenging Blytheville Mayor James Sanders for the city’s top executive office...
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Library establishes friends group
(Local News ~ 08/18/18)
The Mississippi County Library System and its Blytheville location have been a hot subject of discussion since MCLS director Lowell Walters went public with the Blytheville building's desperate need of repairs to the roof and HVAC system. At the time, the fate of the Blytheville library was up in the air; however, since then several entities have stepped up within the city to help create a solution for the library's problem. ...
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