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“I’m going beast mode!” (5/31/23)

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier “I am powerful! I am smart! I am intelligent! I got it going on! And I’m going beast mode!” These words echoed throughout Chickasaw Arena on last Thursday to finish off the EOC Leadership Conference at Blytheville High...
Breaking: Missing teen reported in Gosnell (5/29/23)

Sixteen-year-old Andrea Nicole Meyer was last seen by her family at her residence in Gosnell on the evening of May 28.
Letters of reprimand issued for past mayoral election (5/31/23)

Letters of reprimand were issued to the Mississippi County election commission on May 25 regarding the 2022 General Election in November.
Humane Society thrift shop is moving (6/2/23)

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Blytheville Humane Society thrift store, known as Orphan Annie’s Thrift Store, is moving to a new location, 510 North Broadway, in the former MCEC building. The thrift store is a major source of income for the Blytheville Humane Society. It has been located at 309 North 2nd Street for 11 years. It was opened by Clara Tayler as a way to help fund the humane society...
LEARNS Act temporarily blocked from implementation (5/30/23)

By B. Kay Richter Town Courier Assistant Editor The LEARNS Act, an education law recently passed in the Arkansas legislature was temporarily blocked from implementation last Friday by a judge in Pulaski County. Circuit Judge Herbert Wright agreed with the plaintiffs in that the Arkansas General Assembly failed to properly enact the legislation's emergency clause. This clause allows new laws to take effect immediately...
Brown leaving big shoes to fill at Armorel (5/31/23)

By DAVID PIERCE NEA Town Courier An icon, legend, a maker of men… Nuh uh, Charlie Brown ain’t having it. The former Armorel High School educator and coach clasps those big ole hands as he shakes his head side to side; almost embarrassed to hear others heap that hefty praise on him...
Election Commission receives reprimand from state board (6/3/23)

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier Letters of reprimand were issued to the Mississippi County election commission on May 25 regarding the 2022 General Election in November. Blytheville mayoral candidate, John Mayberry, submitted a complaint with the State Board of Election Commissioners after the county election commission determined a recount was necessary during their Nov. 15 meeting. During that meeting, acceptable forms of ID regarding provisional ballots were called into question...
Mississippi County hosts Memorial Day services (5/30/23)

By B. Kay Richter Town Courier Assistant Editor Mississippi County hosted a Memorial Day ceremony on May 29 on the steps of the courthouse in Blytheville. More than 100 members of the community gathered to be a part of the ceremony and to pay remembrance for those soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in serving their nation...
Manila water park to open June 3 (5/20/23)

Manila public pool staff is working to get everything ready for opening day. If all goes on schedule, the pool will open on Saturday, June 3. Hours for the public will be 1-5 p.m., seven days a week. The price is $8 per person at the door. Season passes are available for $65 for individual passes and $150 for family passes. The family passes include immediate family, parents and children. Season tickets are purchased at city hall during business hours...
Library preserves history on microfilm (6/2/23)

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Mississippi County Library in Blytheville has expanded their microfilm services. The library now has in house the Courier Newspapers back to 1928 and the Osceola Times dating back to the 1870s, all on microfilm are filed neatly for easy access...