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Looking forward to better days ahead
(Column ~ 05/30/20)
The end of the 2019-2020 school year has come to an end but it certainly has had an unusual finish. I am sure students and teachers are hopeful they will be able to resume a normal start to the coming school year. I do know they are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst...
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We protest for our lives
(Column ~ 05/30/20)
There is yet another video surfacing where we see a police officer murdering an unarmed black man. The police officers were all fired but none have been prosecuted for murder. We all unfortunately know what is going to happen next. There will soon be footage or information of George Floyd’s past, anything that can be scraped up to show that he somehow deserved death, and to die that way...
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Leachville board discusses $1.6M sewer project
(Local News ~ 05/30/20)
Leachville city officials are finalizing plans for a $1,600,000 project for construction and equipping, extension and improvements to the city’s water and sewer system. A public meeting was held prior to the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 26, to discuss the issuance of bonds to fund the project...
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Adopt-A-Senior helps 2020 graduates
(Local News ~ 05/30/20)
Residents of Mississippi County have come together to help high school seniors through a Facebook group called “Adopt-A-Senior Mississippi County’.” Adopt-A-Senior is a social media group that has picked up momentum throughout the country, since the senior class of 2020 has been limited in completing their senior year traditional festivities...
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County buys Squad building
(Local News ~ 05/30/20)
OSCEOLA—Tuesday night, the Mississippi County Quorum Court met in Osceola where justices approved four resolutions and 10 ordinances. One of the measures involved the purchase of the Blytheville Emergency Squad Building for $200,000, because it is on the Blytheville courthouse construction site...
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County board dissects courthouse budget
(Local News ~ 05/30/20)
Mississippi County Justice of the Peace Molly Jackson, chairperson of the Energy and Property committee, called an Energy and Property Committee Thursday afternoon at the Annex Building. Architect Aaron Ruby and Porter Brownlee were in attendance to discuss the budget and status of the Mississippi County Courthouse renovation projects in Blytheville and Osceola...
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Police investigating homicide
(Local News ~ 05/30/20)
On Friday , officers of the Blytheville Police Department responded to Great River Medical Center regarding a gunshot victim. “ Upon officer arrival they learned 29-year-old Darrius Wilson suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He later succumbed to his injuries at Great River Medical Center. Detectives believe he was shot in the area of the 500 block of South Franklin Street. This case is being investigated as a homicide,” Capt. John Frazier wrote in a press release...
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