Stories from Friday, April 12, 2019

According to Blytheville assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson, the railroad crossing on Moultrie Street closed Wednesday and Thursday as BNSF began repairs. The railroad tracks reopened on Friday, but will close again on Monday when crews will bring in asphalt to complete to work...

The Second Judicial Eastern District Drug Task Force and the Blytheville Police Department Street Crimes Unit executed a narcotics search warrant in the 1600 block of Hearn, Friday evening. Four were arrested and police seized an “amount of Ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana,” according to BPD special agent Bobby Ephlin...