Stories from Monday, January 18, 2016

Blytheville police are investigating a shooting Sunday night in the 500 block of South Franklin. According to BPD assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson, around 8:44 p.m. Sunday, police responded to Great River Medical Center in reference to an individual who had been shot...

The City of Blytheville's quarterly ward meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 23 at the A.A.M.O.D. building, located at the corner of McHaney Drive and Elm Street. Residents are reminded of the new meeting location due to the fact that the library is no longer open on weekends. Refreshments will be served...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Friday, Jan. 15 -- Police arrested Elijah Russell who allegedly shoplifted a coat at Walmart. -- Officers investigated a domestic assault in the 800 block of East Walnut. -- Police investigated a robbery in the 200 block of East Davis. The offenders took the victim's wallet, $400 cash and two gift cards...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Thousands of abortion opponents gathered at the Arkansas state Capitol over the weekend to celebrate current anti-abortion laws and encourage more of them. In 2015, GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed six bills from the Republican-controlled Legislature aimed at reducing abortions. Hutchinson told those at Sunday's rally to continue their efforts, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/1n6OeU9 )...

The appointment of two new members to the City Advertising Tourism Promotion Commission (CATPC) are the only two items of "new business" currently on the agenda for Tuesday's regular January Blytheville City Council meeting to be held at 5 p.m. in the district courtroom...

Frederick Douglass once said, "Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."...

Jesilene Burton, age 101, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Arrangements are incomplete and we be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

In an unusual turn for area politics, some voters of Mississippi County will have the option of voting for local candidates on either the Republican or Democratic ballot for the March 1 primary, as both will have contested races in local offices. The Democratic ballot will have a contested race for Mississippi County Quorum Court Justice of the Peace between JoAnn Henton and Joe Lewis, Jr., for the District 7 seat. ...