Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Robert Tate with Tate Properties addressed the Manila City Council on Monday evening requesting a lot be rezoned from commercial to residential. Tate said he is interested in purchasing a half acre lot behind Subway in Manila to build a single home dwelling. He said he had talked to Jeremy Gamble who had the property designated as commercial...

Leachville City Council approved the purchase of radios to be programmed with the weather sirens, declared a vacancy in Ward I, read a condemnation ordinance for the second time, discussed the community gymnasium, the ball park, the Leachville High School Reunion, and the annual fireworks at the Monday night meeting...

The Gosnell School Board approved a 3.5 percent bonus for all employees at their March 15 meeting. Superintendent Bonard Mace said employees could be receiving the one-time bonuses as early as the end of the week. High school principal Steven Milligan and elementary principal Tiffiany Kennemore also provided details on summer school. The 3-week session in June will only be face-to-face and directed in the specific area needed for each child...

Mississippi County Energy and Property Committee, followed by the Finance Committee, met on Monday followed by a tour of the Blytheville Courthouse. Justice Molly Jackson, Energy and Property chairman, opened the meeting introducing Aaron Ruby, AIA, with Revival Architecture...

A local woman was kidnapped Tuesday at the Medical Plaza in Blytheville by a juvenile who is in custody for the crime, according to Blytheville Police Department CID Capt. John Frazier. "On Tuesday, the Blytheville Police Department was contacted by a deputy from the Crockett County Sheriffs office in Tennessee, who stated they had a juvenile in custody there for a crime that was committed in Blytheville," Frazier wrote in a press release. ...