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Operation Blynd Justus suspect found guilty
(Local News ~ 09/15/16)
LITTLE ROCK-- An Operation Blynd Justus suspect has been found guilty. Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and David Shepard, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced Wednesday that a federal jury found James Edward Watson, Jr., 30, of Osceola, guilty of distribution of methamphetamine following a two-day trial...
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Nucor planning $230M expansion; adding 100 jobs
(Local News ~ 09/15/16)
Nucor Steel Arkansas is planning a $230 million cold mill expansion that would add 100 jobs to the community. Nucor Controller Mark DiGirolamo addressed the Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee Wednesday, as the company seeks an Act 9 Bond for the project...
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Etta Faye Lance
(Obituary ~ 09/15/16)
Etta Faye Lance, 64, of Piggott, passed from this life Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Piggott she was the daughter of the late Burtis and Lydia Smart Tate and had been a lifelong Piggott area resident. ...
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Community Golf Tour planned
(Local News ~ 09/15/16)
The community golf tour is a first time golf venture to try to bring golf educational programs to selected communities in the tri-state area if Northeast- Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, and West Tennessee. These programs are the "brainchild" of C.W. Cummings author of the new golf textbook "Simply Geometric Golf," Mr. ...
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Donald Hurt
(Obituary ~ 09/15/16)
Mr. Donald Ray Hurt, age 71 of Blytheville, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Born July 12, 1945 in Louisiana, he was the son of Louis and Maxine Parr Hurt and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Hurt was a great mechanic back in the day and enjoyed working in his yard, playing his guitar, taking care of his dog Roxie and spending time with his family...
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UPDATE: One arrested as sex offender shot in groin; another victim shot in arm
(Local News ~ 09/15/16)
A sex offender was shot in the groin on Thursday night -- one of two men shot and airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Level 1 sex offender Demetrius Crutchfield, 33, was reportedly shot in the 200 block of East Davis. Taylor Cannon, 21, was also shot in the right arm and is reportedly in stable condition at The Med.
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