Stories from Saturday, January 14, 2017

The Great River Economic Development Board met Thursday morning and discussed the organization's financial position, proposed changes to its bylaws in the areas of membership and director terms and also held an active and extended brainstorming session on ways the that board can better facilitate new economic growth in the future...

Tax revenues for the City of Blytheville, year-to-date, were better than projected, the Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee learned Tuesday night. As a result, the city's expenditures were also below budget is nearly all departments. In other business, the committee agreed to send to the full council the Mayor's proposed 10-year half-cent Public Safety tax for approval...

The Mississippi County Election Commission met at the Mississippi County Election Center on Friday to set the dates, times and locations for the special election scheduled to be held on March 14. The special election pertains to the proposed bond issue for the purpose of financing a new courthouse in Blytheville...

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," Patriot Nathan Hale What we historicize tells a great deal about ourselves. The marks we leave in the form of dedications, memorials, written histories, statues, etcetera and leave behind for those to view that come after we are long gone tells a great deal about who and what we are now...

Two people perished in an accident at 4:26 p.m. Saturday on South Highway 61, just a few miles outside the Blytheville city limits. According to the Arkansas State Police report, drivers Dennis Stone, 47, of Blytheville and Kaylam Diggs, 26, of Osceola suffered fatal injuries when their vehicles collided.