Stories from Thursday, March 19, 2009

More than 30 people showed their concern for the alleged lack of maintenance of the gravel roads in the county during a meeting Wednesday morning of the Mississippi County Quorum Court's Roads and Bridges Committee. Greg Alexander of East County Road 356, presented a list of 14 questions he wanted to ask of justices, County Judge Steve McGuire and Richard Sills, road department superintendent...

Thefts being probed Blytheville Courier News Blytheville Police are investigating several burglaries and thefts that occurred over the past weekend. At 11:47 p.m. Monday, police were called to the 1100 block of West Walnut where Zachary Wicker reported that his house had been entered and several items were missing from the residence. Wicker reported that a 12-gauge New England shotgun, chainsaw, a Nintendo Wii and games were missing from the home, valued at $1,020...

Residents outside the Blytheville limits won't pay the city's debris fee.

Exactly three years after the 2006 tornado, the Caruthersville School District will be opening bids on building a new high school and it continues to work toward securing adequate funding. The board met last week in its regular meeting to be updated by Superintendent J.J. Bullington...