Stories from Thursday, April 8, 2010

The proposed West Main Street Residential Historic District in Blytheville received the nomination to be added to the National Register of Historic Places from the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Wednesday. Marsha McClain, chairman of the Blytheville Historic District Commission, said the proposed new residential historic district in Blytheville will go before the National Park Service for final approval. ...

MANILA -- Manila Public Schools' new Elementary School is set to open this fall, and the district has plans for a cafeteria expansion as well. Manila Superintendent Pamela Castor explained that the district's elementary was housed in two round buildings built in the 1960s, and the buildings were not up to current state standards and simply did not have enough space...

GOSNELL -- Gosnell Police Chief Fred Roberts announced Tuesday that he will be running for mayor of the city. Roberts came to Gosnell in 1982 with the air base. In 1985 he retired from the military and in 1988 he started working for the Gosnell Police Department...

Blytheville, MissCo bickering over payments