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Carter Boatwrigt Afflick
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Carter Boatwrigt Afflick, 93, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when completed. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
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Joe 'Handsome Joe' Neal Johnson
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Joe "Handsome Joe" Neal Johnson, 68 of Blytheville peacefully passed away Wednesday, Septmeber 26, 2018 at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. Joe was born June 5, 1950 in Keiser, AR to Ray and Bernice Johnson. Joe was a loving husband of 21 years to wife, Joyce. ...
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Howard Lee Maxwell
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Howard Lee Maxwell, 86, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, September 24, 2018 at his home. Howard was born in Gunnison, Mississippi to George W. and Ella Davis Maxwell. He was a graduate of Gosnell High School and Arkansas State University. He was a supervisor at the Arkansas Welfare Department and a member of Cole Ridge Baptist Church where he was a Sunday school teacher. ...
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Blytheville Police Reports
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police took a breaking or entering to a vehicle report in the 3700 block of Trent Road. A phone case and wallet were stolen. — Police took a harassment report at Walmart. — Police investigated a cruelty to animals report in the 900 block of Abbott. ...
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‘Subs with the Sup’ successful
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Last Friday Blytheville Schools Superintendent Bobby Ashley and some of the Blytheville School District administration had a "Subs with the ‘Sup'" meeting. The meeting, which took place at the Blytheville administration building, consisted of Blytheville School District staff and local Blytheville and Mississippi County leaders...
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Colts end Gosnell’s 17-game league win streak
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/18)
WILSON — Last year’s 4A-3 Conference champion Gosnell Pirates and last year’s 3A-3 Conference champion and 3A State champion Rivercrest Colts battled Friday night, a game with likely implications on the 2018 4A-3 Conference championship. The Colts snapped the Pirates’ 17-game league winning streak, 44-21...
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Chicks beat NHS in key 5A-East game
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/18)
JONESBORO — Blytheville’s Willie Bell made perhaps the biggest play of the young conference season. Bell stepped in front of Nettleton quarterback Cade Carter’s pass and darted 79 yards to the end zone to ice what would be a 30-13 win. Blytheville and Nettleton entered the game as two of the early favorites to win the 5A-East conference. The Chicks left Jonesboro controlling their own destiny after handing Nettleton its first loss of the year...
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