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Highway 18 project could be finished in July
(Local News ~ 05/04/16)
The long-awaited end of road construction along State Highway 18 through Blytheville is approaching completion and with it comes the opening of two main thoroughfares with two-way traffic for the first time in years. Those two roads are Walnut Street and Ash Street. This week, officials announced that 3rd Street, along the railroad crossing, and Ash between 3rd Street and 2nd Street, are already opened up to two-way traffic...
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Blytheville Police Reports (May 3)
(Local News ~ 05/04/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police arrested a couple on domestic battery charges, following an incident at Mark's Exxon on South Division. The report said Steven Walton and Tiffany Williams had been removed from the Greyhound Bus for arguing and cursing. ...
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Authorities arrest several sex offenders in sweep
(Local News ~ 05/04/16)
Local authorities arrested several sex offenders in "Operation MISSCO n May" this week. According to Capt. Scott Adams, the Blytheville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Commander, on Monday, the BPD was involved in a multi- jurisdiction operation including agencies within Mississippi County, Probation and Parole, DCC SRT unit and the US Marshals Service...
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Connie Sharon Bisett
(Obituary ~ 05/04/16)
Connie Sharon Bisett, 60, of Hot Springs, former Leachville resident, passed from this life May 1, 2016, at CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs. Born Aug. 9, 1955, in the Buckeye community, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Mildred Rodgers Barks and was a 1973 graduate of Leachville High School. ...
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Dylan J. Stewart
(Obituary ~ 05/04/16)
Dylan J. Stewart, 22, of Jacksonville, died Saturday, April 23, 2016. Born Dec. 5, 1993, in Blytheville, he was employed as an aviation mechanic at Dassault Falcon Jet in Little Rock. He was also of the Baptist faith...
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Tolitha Kaye Adams
(Obituary ~ 05/04/16)
Tolitha Kaye Adams, 74, of Hernando, Miss., former Manila resident and widow of Dr. George Adams, passed from this life Sunday, May 1, 2016, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto in Southaven, Miss. ...
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UPDATE: Police release details of fatal accident
(Local News ~ 05/04/16)
According to the Mississippi County Sherriff's Department, a three-vehicle accident involving a car, a Blytheville school bus and an 18-wheeler claimed the life of a woman Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 61 just south of the road to Burdette. Reportedly, no children were on the bus at the time and the bus only suffered minor damage...
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