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Board mulls whether to release old checks to city
(Local News ~ 05/17/17)
The Mississippi County Quorum Court Finance Committee discussed whether to release payments they owe the City of Blytheville (some checks are up to a year old), the need for new voting machines, an update on the county landfill's leachate pumping system, the county's current financial position and various other items during its meeting Monday afternoon...
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Gosnell Pirates wrap up spring practice
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/17)
GOSNELL—The Gosnell Pirates football program took the field Monday afternoon for its final spring practice. Coming off the season ending loss to the Prairie Grove Tigers, 48-26, in the quarterfinals, the Pirates look to repeat as 4A-3 conference champions and make a long postseason run in November. Pirates head coach Brandon Barbaree is also returning for his second season at the helm...
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Willene Tounsand
(Obituary ~ 05/17/17)
Willene Tounsand, 84, of Leachville, passed from this life Monday, May 15, 2017, at Monette Manor Nursing Center in Monette. Born in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Gertie McDole Tounsand and had been a lifelong area resident. She was a housekeeper for several area friends and she enjoyed attending Gospel singings at the Melody Theater in Leachville and helping in the Youth Sunday School Class and in the Nursery at the First United Methodist Church in Leachville where she had been a member since 1991.. ...
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BPD supervisor: Terminated officer had 'pattern of poor decisions'
(Local News ~ 05/17/17)
A parking incident that led to Sgt. Dustin LaCotts’ termination was part of “a pattern of making poor decisions,” according to his personnel file obtained by an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act request. On May 9, LaCotts reportedly parked on a handicap ramp at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex, and a picture showed a woman in a wheelchair was unable to access the ramp...
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Four arrested in aggravated burglary
(Local News ~ 05/17/17)
Four suspects face aggravated burglary charges, after an incident Tuesday night at an apartment on East Main. Ashley Sutton, Sherrie Mcclellen, Michelle Faulkenberry, and Benjamin Sutton are scheduled to be arraigned in Blytheville District Court on Wednesday...
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Woman jumps out of moving police unit
(Local News ~ 05/17/17)
A woman sustained serious injuries after jumping out of a moving police car, early Wednesday morning, just ¾ of a mile from the Mississippi County Jail, according to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson. Thompson said around 12:12 a.m. Wednesday, Blytheville police were transporting 25-year-old Ashley Sutton of Gosnell, who was arrested on charges of aggravated residential burglary...
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Hodges pleads guilty in stabbing death
(Local News ~ 05/17/17)
Veronica Hodges pled guilty to manslaughter in the July 2016 stabbing death of 55-year-old Victor Beaugard. Hodges received 10 years probation. According to reports, Hodges called the Blytheville Police Department claiming that the victim had threatened to burn her house located at 3411 239 Spur...
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