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Blytheville Police reports -- 1-16-14
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:
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Hixson coy about search for football coach
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/14)
Blytheville athletic director David Hixson continues to interview candidates for the vacant head football coaching position. Hixson remains tight-lipped on names of candidates but said that he's had several face-to-face interviews with candidates. "I really prefer not to name any names at this point," said Hixson. ...
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Arkansas State player killed in Tennessee shooting
(College Sports ~ 01/16/14)
Arkansas State says junior defensive lineman Markel Owens was one of two men killed in a shooting in Jackson, Tenn. Jerry Scott, the school's sports information director, confirms Owens was one of the victims and said "it's a sad day" for the Red Wolves...
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Fred 'Doc' Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Mr. Fred "Doc" Smith of Blytheville died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in Blytheville.
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Sheila Ann Ramirez
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Sheila Ann Ramirez, 50, of Manila, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.
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Roosevelt 'TuBaby' Gillespie
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Roosevelt "TuBaby" Gillespie, 86, of Blytheville, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.
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Mattie B. Garth
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Mrs. Mattie B. Garth, 91, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in her home.
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Mary Sue Gardner
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Mrs. Mary Sue Gardner, 62, of Inwood, Iowa, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Inwood, Iowa.
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Author calls movies her "love letter" to city of Blytheville
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
In reference to her novel, "The Town that Came A-Courtin'," and the movie adaptation of it which will release this weekend, author and syndicated columnist Ronda Rich told the CN that they are her "love letter" to the town of Blytheville.
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"Soup-er Bowl" will raise money for KIPP
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School will be hosting the second annual Soup-er Bowl on Jan. 31, at the Holiday Inn.
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Input sought for Highway 18 route near Big Lake
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
Public input is being sought for the planned alignment of a four-lane Highway 18 near the Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
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Some schools in, some out for MLK Jr. Day
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
Some, but not all, Mississippi County schools will be in session on Monday, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to make up days missed during the early December ice storm.
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City seeking aid for water plant expansion
(Local News ~ 01/16/14)
During a special meeting in the mayor's office Wednesday morning, the Blytheville City Council gave Mayor James Sanders the authority to submit a pre-application to the Arkansas Department of Health and Arkansas Natural Resource Commission for a proposed $3 million expansion to the water treatment plant.
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Sheila Ann Ramirez
(Obituary ~ 01/16/14)
Sheila Ann Ramirez, age 50, of Manila, died Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born at Hayti, Missouri she was the daughter of the late Poney Lee Brewer and had lived most of her life in Manila. ...
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