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Pirates make long trip to Crossett in 4A second round
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
Lewis Earnest’s Gosnell Pirates escaped the first round of the 4A state playoffs last week with a 40-29 victory over the Mena Bearcats at J. W. Rea Stadium. This Friday night the Pirates will travel nearly five hours to southeast Arkansas to face the Crossett Eagles...
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Lions roar past Rebels 51-17
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
Manila roared past Riverside 51-17 in senior boys basketball action Friday night at Lion Gymnasium. Manila squeezed out a 6-3 first period lead before opening a 20-8 halftime advantage. The Lions increased their margin to 33-14 after three periods of play...
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Tigers fall to 0-8 with loss to Rector
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
ARMOREL— The Armorel Tigers’ slow start at the beginning of the game and the start of the third quarter, along with 15 first half turnovers, hurt the Tigers’ chances of picking up their first win on the season as they fell 61-33 to the Cougars of Rector...
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Leachville considering 1-cent sales tax
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
Leachville residents could be voting on a one-cent sales tax proposal as early as March. During Monday night’s Leachville City Council meeting, Leachville Mayor Rodney Robertson pitched the tax, which would be split between the general fund and the water/sewer fund...
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$2.1M claims projected on county insurance; 22 percent rate hike expected
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
After a year that saw projected claims skyrocket to $2.1 million, Mississippi County is expected to see its insurance costs climb between 22-43 percent in 2020. According to Justice of the Peace Michael White, a 22 percent hike equates to a $400,000 increase in insurance costs next year...
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Blytheville approves bond measure
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
During Monday evening’s Blytheville School Board meeting, the board unanimously approved an agreement allowing it to refinance bonds. Marshall Hughes of Beardsley Finance said, “Refinancing would save your district a lot of money. The good news is you are going to save right at $120,000 as a district and $96,000 of that will be saved in this current school year.”...
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Manila City Council welcomes RoarBOTS
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
Manila Mayor Wayne Wagner and council members welcomed RoarBOTS, a Manila Middle School robotics and EAST team, Kaiden Tipton, Matthew Walker, and Kendan Crane, who gave a presentation on research they had done on ways to improve the city park. The young men presented surveys on the age of the most and least youth utilizing the park; the needs of the park, including handicapped accessible playground equipment; grant information, and more. ...
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Personnel Committee sends measure to Quorum Court
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
Tuesday afternoon, the Mississippi County Personnel Committee approved an ordinance that amends Article IV of Ordinance No. 2011-12. The amending ordinance moves the Mississippi County Finance Department under the county treasurer’s office instead of where it was previously — under the combined supervision of the county judge’s, county clerk’s and county treasurer’s offices...
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Nabholz contract goes to council
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
A special meeting of the Blytheville City Council’s Finance Committee was held Monday evening when the Nabholz Construction Services contract for the justice complex project was sent to full council. Nabholz project manager Justin Shrable provided an overview of the expected costs of the project. The total project’s guaranteed maximum price estimate is $2,967,571...
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Pirates, Lady Pirates cruise past KIPP
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
GOSNELL — Behind a combined 43 points from Jordan Lewis and Brayden Burcham, the Gosnell Pirates opened the 2019-20 season with a convincing 59-22 win over KIPP Blytheville, Tuesday night, at the GHS gym. KIPP kept it close in the first quarter, scoring the first five points of the game and leading the first six minutes of the contest...
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Mississippi County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit seizes 62 grams of meth, 58.9 pounds of pot
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department’s Street Crimes Unit made two big drug busts on Tuesday, removing 62 grams of methamphetamine and 58.9 pounds of marijuana from the streets. The first bust was around 2 p.m., Tuesday, on East County Road 458 between Luxora and Burdette where authorities seized 62 grams of meth, according to Mississippi County Sheriff Dale Cook...
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Chickasaws cruise past Forrest City
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
The Blytheville Chickasaws (2-0) easily handled the Forrest City Mustangs Tuesday night with a convincing 53-32 victory. The Chicks came out the gate hot, leading by nine points before the Mustangs ever got on the board. BHS, however, cooled down after the hot start as they led 13-5 after the first quarter...
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