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Local citizens reflect on history
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Although three former presidents were inaugurated the day after the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, today's ceremony has extra historical significance, said Lucretia McDonald. All inaugurations are historical, but "this one stands out in our minds because Mr. Obama is African-American," she said...
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Community honors King
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
BLYTHEVILLE -- The Blytheville Ministerial Alliance sponsored a Partners in Faith Unity Rally in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday night at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor David Corns of Nehemiah Temple was the guest speaker at the rally...
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Wrecks leave two dead
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
A Jonesboro man was killed in an unusual traffic accident Saturday morning, according to a report from the Arkansas State Police. Stephen D. Cremeens, 45, was driving his 2004 Chevrolet pickup eastbound on Highway 226, just east of Cash, when he apparently drove into a cloud of dust blowing across the roadway, creating near zero visibility...
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Thefts continue, so do investigations
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Blytheville police are investigating an early morning break-in at a Blytheville business Friday according to reports. Police were called to Harold's Exxon at Second and Ash for an alarm at 2:56 a.m.. When officers arrived, they discovered that the plexiglass in the front door had been kicked out...
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