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Manila to host Class 3A playoff opener against DLJ
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/21)
Manila’s first home playoff game in school history will come this Friday against the Danville Little Johns (3-6, 3-4). Despite its record, Danville enters the contest averaging just over 24 points per game. After a slow start to the season, they’ve won three of their last four contests to earn a spot in the playoffs...
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County board reviews budget
(Local News ~ 11/10/21)
Mississippi County Quorum Court Finance Committee reviewed the revised budget for 2021 and the 2022 proposed budget with budgeted requests. Justice of the Peace Michael White, chairman for the committee, said the 2022 budget is getting closer to being finalized...
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Blytheville School Board approves waiver
(Local News ~ 11/10/21)
During a brief special meeting Monday night, the Blytheville School Board approved a waiver for a Blytheville Elementary School employee. The waiver under Arkansas Code 6-17-414 allows the employee continued employment in the district.
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City mulls options for parks’ job
(Local News ~ 11/10/21)
The Blytheville City Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee discussed the future plans for a parks director and/or a parks commission in their Nov. 8 meeting. Previous parks director Cody Wyatt moved on from the position in September. The city and council have yet to actively pursue a new director, in an effort to evaluate and better understand the needs within the position...
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Manila WWI hero inducted in the Arkansas Veterans Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 11/10/21)
Manila World War I veteran Private Herman Davis (deceased), United States Army, was among the 2021 veterans inducted into the Arkansas Military Veterans' Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock on Saturday, Nov. 6. Private Davis’ great-niece Joann Allison was honored to accept the award. ...
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Shooting victim in stable condition
(Local News ~ 11/10/21)
On Nov. 10, at approximately 12:30 p.m., officers of the Blytheville Police Department responded to the 300 block of South 2nd street in reference to someone that had been shot. “On arrival they located 20-year-old Trevon Wells of Blytheville who was transported to the Great River Medical Center emergency room where he was last listed in stable condition,” Blytheville police chief Ross Thompson wrote in a press release. ...
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