Stories from Saturday, October 10, 2020

Riverside School Board members heard an annual report to the public at the Monday, Oct. 5, meeting. Superintendent Jeff Priest said the school year to date has a total enrollment of 764 students with 161 choosing to use the Riverside Online Classroom (ROC); 71 certified employees; 36 classified employees and eight bus routes...

The city of Blytheville’s cleanup efforts have remained intact despite the coronavirus outbreak slowing their progress. The plan to beautify the city focuses on abandoned homes as well as commercial buildings. Code Enforcement’s Janice Smith said the plan to remove abandoned and damaged stricken buildings around the city was brought about by Mayor James Sanders...

In his Wednesday COVID-19 update, Blytheville Mayor James Sanders reported that the Armorel School District will be transitioning all classes to online as of Thursday, Oct. 8 The district’s target return date for face-to-face learning is set for Monday, Oct. 19...