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Bradley lobbies for pay hike for six employees
(Local News ~ 04/18/18)
Mississippi County Assessor Harley Bradley lobbied the Quorum Court's Finance Committee for higher pay for his employees on Monday. Bradley said that he has six employees that are making less than other employees that have not been employed by the county as long as those particular six. ...
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County considers equipment purchase at the landfill
(Local News ~ 04/18/18)
During Monday afternoon's meeting, Mississippi County Sanitation Committee chairman Justice Neil Burge reported that landfill employees overcame obstacles this winter — both with the weather and equipment. Burge said it had been a tough winter and early spring with cold weather and rain — sometimes more than three inches — and he thanked landfill employees for their efforts...
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City settles 2013 lawsuit for $145,000
(Local News ~ 04/18/18)
The city of Blytheville settled a lawsuit with Jeremy Summers for $145,000, after the motorcycle accident victim claimed police officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights during a 2013 chase. Four of the six Blytheville City Council members attended a settlement conference ordered by the federal magistrate in Little Rock on Monday. Then at Tuesday night’s monthly Blytheville City Council meeting, the board approved the settlement...
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H.W. Gaston
(Obituary ~ 04/18/18)
H.W. Gaston of Blytheville was born April 5, 1931 in Madison, Arkansas to the late Vick Gaston and the late Caldonia McNairy Gaston. He was a retired factory worker and a member of New St. Paul M.B. Church in Blytheville. Mr. Gaston passed away on April 7, 2018 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville at the age of 87. ...
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Police hunting shooting suspect
(Local News ~ 04/18/18)
Blytheville police are asking for the public’s help in locating 34-year-old Jasha Mullins of Blytheville, who is a suspect in Tuesday’s shooting on South First Street. According to Criminal Investigations Division Commander Lt. John Frazier, on Tuesday Blytheville police responded to the area of South First and Sawyer in reference to a person being shot...
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