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KIPP High School earns grant funding
(Community News ~ 06/11/15)
Students at KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School will receive comprehensive support in their climb to college during the 2015-16 school year with the help of a $35,000 grant from the Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation to the school's KIPP Through College (KTC) program...
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Williams returns to the sidelines
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/15)
By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News The Gosnell Pirates are bringing back a familiar face as head basketball coach in 2015. Danny Williams will return to the sidelines for the Pirates this upcoming season. Williams coached the Pirates for 27 years and helped lead Gosnell to a state championship in 1988...
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Jones signs with Dyersburg St.
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/15)
By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News Former Gosnell Pirate, Rod Jones, signed a letter of intent to attend Dyersburg St. on a basketball scholarship Tuesday at the Gosnell Physical Education Center. Jones, a three year starter for the Pirates, averaged 18 points a game for Gosnell in his senior season and was a 3-4A All-Conference selection...
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County shelter needs funding
(Column ~ 06/11/15)
It never ceases to amaze me how people accept or do not accept animals as a part of the family or consider their pet as just an aggravation. I was approached last week with the question,"you still worrying about them animals--how long you gonna keep this up?" I agree that I am growing long in the tooth but expect to be buried with the prayer that someone will carry the torch for the animals that cannot speak for themselves. ...
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Area students receive Burton scholarships
(Community News ~ 06/11/15)
The Doctor L.B. Burton Scholarship is an educational scholarship initially funded by donations from Gregory & Jacqueline Burton in memory of Doctor L.B. Burton. Doctor Burton believed in educating our youth of tomorrow. Doctor Burton along with his wife was founders and pastor of Progressive Baptist Church for over 50 years. ...
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Act II comedy to hit the Ritz
(Local News ~ 06/11/15)
Blytheville Courier News Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM there will be a live theatrical production on stage at The Ritz as ACT 2! Community Theater presents the hilarious play "Two Witches, No Waiting." This comedy written by Pat Cook is directed by Sarah Jackson. ...
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Historic area theater re-imagined
(Local News ~ 06/11/15)
Blytheville Courier News Kevin Reagan, a computer software engineer by profession and an amateur artist on the side, decided he wanted to create an art piece that re-envisioned the Leachville Melody Theatre during its prime. The Melody opened on Main Street in December of 1948 and was considered one of the finest theaters in the mid-south for many years. ...
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Blytheville Police Reports, June 11
(Local News ~ 06/11/15)
Blytheville Courier News The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Thursday, June 11 -- Police investigated an assault in the 200 block of East Kentucky. -- Officers assisted on a fire investigation at 1913 West Sycamore, a vacant residence, which had already burned once, the report noted. It is unknown what caused the fire. The house had no electricity...
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Thanks to staff at GRMC
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/11/15)
To the Editor: I spent 15 days in the Great River Medical Center. Dr. Mason was my surgeon. He is a great doctor. He explained everything in detail and visited me every day that I was in the hospital. Thank you Dr. Mason! As I was going to surgery a nurse held my hand and prayed for me. Thank you. May Gold bless you. I had some of the best nurses you could want for. They took good care of me. Nurse Susie in ICU was very special. Thanks to all of you and may God bless each of you...
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Linda Riggs
(Obituary ~ 06/11/15)
Linda Sue Riggs, age 61, of Manila, the widow of Rodney Riggs, passed from this life Thursday June 11, 2015 at the St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born December 14, 1953 in Lepanto, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Bill and Pauline Pryor Griggs and had been a lifelong resident of Northeast Arkansas. ...
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City tax revenues down
(Local News ~ 06/11/15)
Blytheville Courier News A report from the Blytheville finance committee showed tax revenue for the city was down by $30,000. Finance committee director John Callens said this was due to a $64,000 sum adjustment during the city's audit. "This adjustment was made for businesses that overpaid on their taxes within the last three years and are now being reimbursed. This large adjustment should not be a trend that will continue and it hasn't affected the the budget in anyway," said Callens...
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Ellington weighs in on open carry law
(Local News ~ 06/11/15)
Blytheville Courier News Arkansas State Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington released a statement on Tuesday which was specific to the Second Judicial District, including Mississippi County. Ellington's statement addressed his office's opinion on Arkansas' open carry law for weapons...
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David Zielinski
(Obituary ~ 06/11/15)
David A. Zielinski, age 48, of Monette formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born to James S. Zielinski and Dottie Wilson in Blytheville, David was employed by Outokumpu Stainlesss in Calvert, Alabama. ...
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