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Johnny Cash Music Fest Set For Aug. 17 in Jonesboro
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
JONESBORO - With the third annual Johnny Cash Music Festival less than six weeks away, concert producer Bill Carter is anticipating an evening of great music and fond memories of the Man in Black. According to Carter, each of the artists performing at this year's event had a distinctively personal connection with Cash...
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Hunter Education course held at Big Lake headquarters
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Hunter education instructor Glenda Craine held a hunter education course last week at Big Lake Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. Hunters born after 1968 must have completed a hunter education course to hunt...
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Jaws, Claws and more presented at Manila and Leachville libraries
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Jaws, Claws and More, a program on reptiles, was presented at the Manila and Leachville Libraries on Monday, July 8, as part of the summer reading program, Dig into Reading. Josh Justice with the Natural History Educational Company of the Midsouth offered an exciting program with his reptiles...
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Monette Manor Employee of the Month
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Robbie Skaggs was selected as the July Monette Manor Employee of the Month. Robbie has been at Monette Manor for nine years and has worked as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) since 1992. She and her husband, Michael, live in Arbyrd, Mo. They have two children, Merina, 16, and Michael, 11...
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Manila Peewee football sign-up dates
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Sign-up dates for Manila peewee football and cheerleaders will be held at 6 p.m. July 22, 23 and 25 in the Manila elementary cafeteria. The program is open to fourth, fifth and sixth grade students. Participants must have a physical and a copy of birth certificate...
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Monette Manor residents compete at Senior Olympics
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Monette Manor residents and staff members attended the 2013 Senior Olympics on July 11 held at the Paragould Community Center. All participants received ribbons. Residents competing included Mary Lou Cagle, Bertha Decker, Larry Weathers, Clyde Cobbs, Doris Ingram, Vergie Shirley, Zula McCain and Bernice Emery...
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Blytheville Police reports -- 7-16-13
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:
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James Rodney Jones, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
James Rodney Jones, Sr., 58, of Erin, Tenn., formerly of Osceola, died Sunday July 14, 2013, at the Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, Tenn. Born in Forrest City, he was the son of the late Clifford Arnold and Willie Pearline Hollis Jones. ...
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Mayor Riley given leadership award
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
The Caraway city council met on Thursday, July 11, and discussed Rodeo Arena improvements, sale of fire truck and need for new police officer. Roger Bell addressed the Caraway City Council at the July 11 meeting concerning development of the rodeo arena...
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Wagner Pharmacy opens with ribbon cutting
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Wagner Pharmacy in Manila was opened with a ribbon cutting and well wishes from city officials, friends, and family on Thursday morning, July 11. Wagner Pharmacy, located next to Wagner Medical Clinic, 434 West State Highway 18, Suite C, Manila, is open for business. ...
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Leachville Council reviews audit, promotes officer
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Leachville Mayor Sheila Spurlock reviewed the 2010-2011 audit and reviewed needs for improvements at the July 8 city council meeting. The council accepted the report and explanations of compliance...
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Milligan Ridge Baptist Church to celebrate 75th anniversary
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
The Milligan Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 751 North County Raod 749, will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Sunday, July 28. A meal will be served after services. Sunday School begins at 9:45 and church begins at 10:45. An afternoon of congregational singing, testimonies, a brief history of the church, and special singing will follow the meal...
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Classmates surprise Noah Cook on 16th birthday
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Noah Cook of Leachville received the surprise of his life last Saturday as he drove into the parking lot at Monette First Baptist Church to see more than 150 of his classmates and friends had gathered to throw him a 16th birthday party...
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Elizabeth Jane Burnette Williams
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Burnette Williams, 98, died Sunday, July 14, 2013.
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Willie Merritt Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Mr. Willie Merritt Jr., 87, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at the Osceola Nursing Center.
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James Rodney Jones Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Mr. James Rodney Jones Sr., 58, of Erin, Tenn., formerly of Osceola, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at the Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, Tenn.
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Dessie Mae Jefferson
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Mrs. Dessie Mae Jefferson, 71, of Osceola, died Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Memphis.
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Cleo Hanna
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Mr. Cleo Hanna, 82, of Luxora, passed from this life Sunday, July 14, 2013, at the Osceola Nursing Home.
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Imogene 'Jean' Cottrell
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Imogene "Jean" Cottrell, 83, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, July 14, 2013, at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis.
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Facing loss and the will to move on
(Column ~ 07/16/13)
I frequently get asked what it's like to work here at the CN. Short answer is it's great. ... But the job isn't without it's drawbacks.
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Hazmat team called to weekend wreck on I-55
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Mississippi County emergency crews responded to a wreck Saturday just outside of Osceola, on Interstate 55 that sent two men to the hospital and required assistance from the Blytheville Fire Department hazmat team.
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Mother appeals to committee over son's 2007 death
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Beverly Robinson believes her son was murdered in 2007, but police say they don't have enough evidence to back up that claim.
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Suspect takes plea deal in Estrada case
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
On the morning his trial was set to begin Monday, 17-year-old Deaunte Brooks took a plea deal in the case of the December murder of Miguel Estrada, 18.
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Local group seeks ouster of police chief
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Local civil rights advocate CARE is lobbying Mayor James Sanders and the Blytheville City Council to take a "vote of no confidence" and terminate Police Chief Ross Thompson.
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Champion Casons play final tuneup before hosting the Zone 2 Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/13)
The American Legion Zone tournament begins Thursday morning at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. The Blytheville ANC Casons are assured of the No. 1 seed but are currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak. After losing their zone finale to Fat City, the Casons dropped a pair of games to Dunklin Co., Mo. last Thursday losing 8-2 and 7-6 before losing a 12-inning marathon to Cape Girardeau, Mo., 4-3 Sunday afternoon...
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Chicks to host Gosnell, Osceola tonight in 7-on-7
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/13)
Blytheville, Gosnell and Osceola will all meet on the same football field this evening. The three schools will take part in 7-on-7 games at 6 p.m. Tuesday night at Haley Field. Second-year Blytheville head coach Vince McCrosky looks to improve on a disappointing 3-7 season a year ago while Pirate head coach Gary Moody --also in his second year --looks to get back in position for a run at the 3-4A title...
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County revenues mostly on track
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
Revenues over the past month for Mississippi County are within 2 percent of what was expected, and expenditures are "where they need to be," according to Justice Michael White, chair,am of the Quorum Court's Finance Committee.
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Bonnie Louise Loyd
(Obituary ~ 07/16/13)
Bonnie Louise Loyd of Irving, Texas, passed away July 15, 2013. She was born on September 3, 1931 in El Paso, Arkansas to Orn and Emma Adams. She is preceded in death by her parents and sisters Murl Adams McKinney; Nettie Adams Slayton; Rose Adams Gray and Tulula Adams Cagle and brothers Bill, Lloyd, O.L., Leo, Charles, Gene and Marion "Crane" Adams...
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Total Failure, Inc.: the tale of an eternal optimist
(Column ~ 07/16/13)
For the second month in a row I have had the great accidental privilege of reading a book that was a joy to read and whose last page I was saddened to finish. And this one was written specifically for readers ages 9-12.
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Parents seeking damages in School Choice lawsuit
(Local News ~ 07/16/13)
The Blytheville parents involved in the School Choice lawsuit against the Blytheville School District made an amendment to their claim Tuesday morning, and are now seeking damages from the district.
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