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Tigers defeat Riverside in doubleheader
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/19)
LAKE CITY — The Armorel Tigers traveled to Lake City Tuesday afternoon where they swept the Riverside Rebels in a double header 9-6 in game one and 16-4 in game two. In game one, the Tigers rattled off nine hits against the Rebels in the win. Tigers pitching duo of CJ Simmons and Jayce Fondren fanned eight batters, walked six and allowed six runs on five hits...
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Making evaluations
(Column ~ 06/15/19)
Once a year or so most of us have to evaluate ourselves or have our job performance evaluated by a supervisor. I have always found it difficult to evaluate myself. I don't know if it is lack of self-confidence or modesty, but I find it hard to mark high points because I always look at ways I can improve or do better...
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Armorel re-elects officers
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
The Armorel School Board met Wednesday night to re-elect officers to the board. Board members Eldon Carter and Angela Finley were unable to attend the meeting. Board President Scott Jowers was reappointed to president, Jeff Hollingsead was re-appointed to vice president, Finely was re-elected to secretary and Carter as the voting delegate and legislative liaison...
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Blytheville Planning Commission approves lot split
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
On Tuesday night, the Blytheville Planning Commission approved a fractional lot split for 609 South Ridgeway. The owner of the property, Planning Commission member Ben Hubbard, told the board that only five feet would be split because a survey showed that a fence built on the west end of the lot is five feet over the lot line...
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Blytheville officers perform CPR on woman
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
Two Blytheville police officers assisted medics in treating a patient going into cardiac arrest. On Tuesday, Pafford EMS manager Chris Chaloner told the Blytheville City Council’s Police and Fire Committee about the heroic actions of officers Nathan Krupin and Joshua Murray, thanking them for their efforts...
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Landfill ‘doing well’
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
The Mississippi County Sanitation and Solid Waste Committee and Personnel Committee met Wednesday and discussed a variety of topics, including successes at the county landfill. Neil Burge, chairman of the Sanitation and Solid Waste Committee, passed out a report on the operations at the landfill for the first five months of the year. ...
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Manila School Board accepts resignations
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
Manila School Board accepted two resignations and filled two positions in a brief meeting held Thursday night. Superintendent Jason Evers recommended the board accept the resignations of Mark Manchester, high school history teacher, and Grahm Agee, agri teacher...
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$250K grant to provide work on Blytheville streets
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
Tuesday night, the Blytheville City Council’s Finance and Purchasing Committee sent a measure to the full city council that would allow Blytheville to accept money from the State Aid Street Program for work on two streets. According to city of Blytheville finance director John Callens, the city received the maximum amount of grant funds — approximately $250,000 — to repave Highland and North Ruddle...
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Gosnell mulls reducing garbage pickup to 1 day
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
At its monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Gosnell City Council discussed possibly picking up garbage one day a week instead of two and also addressed the need for CDL drivers to drive the garbage trucks. Councilman David Blount said he thought the city was nearing the end of a two-year lease on the garbage truck currently being used by the city, though it is closer to a year than six months...
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City proposes jail fee agreement
(Local News ~ 06/15/19)
Wednesday, the Mississippi County Fire, Police and Safety (FPS) committee heard Blytheville City Attorney Chris Brown’s pitch for the city of Blytheville to pay Mississippi County a jail fee rate of $55 a day per prisoner. Chair of the FPS committee Justice Rick Ash said a concern he sees is the “one year automatic renewal option.”...
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