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County hikes tipping fees
(Local News ~ 01/27/18)
The Mississippi County Quorum Court met in Osceola Tuesday night for their inaugural monthly meeting of 2018 and voted to raise tipping fees, fund a feasibility study about possible economic redevelopment of the former Eaker Air Force Base alert facility, enter into a lease agreement for a new Landfill dozer and make a small financial transfer from the County Jail to the Sheriff’s Department. All justices were present except for Justices Neil Burge and Aaron Fleeman...
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Judge Brassfield gives Rotarians update
(Local News ~ 01/27/18)
Mississippi County Judge Terri Brassfield spoke Thursday to the Blytheville Rotarians delivering a “State of the County” styled address. Brassfield discussed the county’s improvements such as the county hospital and the county landfill. She also addressed the hard times in the past and what she has tried to do to aid those areas of hardship...
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Local boy touches world with grandmother’s song
(Local News ~ 01/27/18)
A small town boy from Mississippi County, Arkansas has gone viral on the world wide web. A single video, shared on Facebook, has received more than 15 million views. And, the song heard in the video rose to number 25 on the iTunes Top 100 Country Songs chart...
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28 have applied for superintendent position
(Local News ~ 01/27/18)
As of Friday, 28 candidates have applied for the Blytheville School District superintendent position, according to records released under an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act request. The following individuals have submitted applications for the position: Micheal Stone of Sherwood, Ark; Jeff Spaletta of Kansas City, Mo.; Michael Booker of Madison, Tenn.; Renata Bryant of Marion, Ark.; Veronica Perkins of North Little Rock; William Flanigan of Jonesboro; Eric Ely of Concord, NC; Kenneth Pinkney of Memphis; Laura Strickland of Little Rock; Michael Odom of El Dorado, Ark.; Nenomoshia Thomas of Blytheville; Anna Anderson of Pine Bluff, Blytheville High School Principal Bobby Ashley; Aleta Townsel-Benson of Monroe, Ohio; Ann Webb of Newark, Ark.; Bernard Chandler of Irondale, Ala.; Casandra Banks of Shaw, Miss.; Christopher Quinn of Stafford, Va.; Dr. ...
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Columnists challenge and only sometimes cheer
(Editorial ~ 01/27/18)
“Tom Henry of the Courier News. Seriously dude. Not everything is negative,” Clarissa Jones via Facebook. “It was like being in an argument reading the paper all the time. I agree that Blytheville needs to make many changes, but consistently complaining and bashing the leadership is not the way to bring about change,” Christi Travis via Facebook...
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