Stories from Wednesday, January 13, 2021

The Armorel School District will likely be one of only a handful of Arkansas districts required to return funding to the state as part of the equalization law. Monday night, superintendent Tiffany Morgan told the board the district has already exceeded the projected revenue for the fiscal year, which ends June 30...

Mississippi County Judge John Alan Nelson welcomed newly elected members, along with returning justices, to an organizational meeting held on Friday, Jan. 8, in Burdette. He also introduced the new County Attorney, Jacob Holmes. Judge Nelson said he is looking forward to an exciting year for the county with three large projects underway and more in the wings...

Riverside basketball coach Buster Campbell added another milestone to his storied career, picking up victory number 900 with a 65-39 win over Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators Monday, Jan. 3, at Lake City. Campbell, who is in his 45th season as the Rebel head coach, has averaged 20 wins per year during his career. Campbell became just the eighth head coach in Arkansas history to record 900 wins, joining Northeast Arkansas legends Morgan Gilbert and Bob Paynter in the 900 club...

Mississippi County Justice of the Peace Michael White presided at the swearing-in ceremony for the three re-elected Manila City Council members at the Monday, Jan. 11, meeting. Council members sworn in were Donnie Wagner, William Barnhart and Dale Murphy...

During a special meeting Monday night, the Blytheville School Board debated, then ultimately accepted Blytheville superintendent Bobby Ashley's recommendation to host the regional basketball tournament. According to Ashley, Blytheville is the only team in its region that has bid on the tournament, which is expected to be played at the brand new state-of-the-art Chickasaw Arena next month, pending final approval Thursday by the Arkansas Activities Association...

In their Jan. 11 Zoom committee meetings, the Blytheville City Council discussed the possibility of meeting in person moving forward. Councilman Matt Perrin vouched for putting an end to the online meetings, however under the governor’s new directive any venue hall would have an audience limit of 10...