Stories from Monday, April 13, 2009

Blytheville-area citizens are being asked to make a personal commitment to clean up their community with the upcoming annual community clean-up day, sponsored by the Blytheville/Gosnell Area Chamber of Commerce. The clean-up will be held from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 25. ...

Who is Jerry Sims? Name: Jerry Sims Occupation: President and CEO of First Delta Bankshares, which includes First National Bank of Blytheville and Bank of Trumann. Notable: Has played trumpet since high school. Played four years in the Razorback marching band and even sat in for a couple of songs with Ike and Tina Turner. Quotable: "Two to three years from now, you'll be amazed at all the positive changes that will have happened. In my 42 years of banking, this is one of the most exciting things I've ever been involved in. It's win, win, win for everyone."

Blytheville Courier News Blytheville Police are investigating more burglaries and thefts from the past few days according to reports. Tuesday at 3 p.m., police were called to the 1300 block of West Ash where Kay Emerson reported that she had found her boyfriend's ATV that had been reported stolen in the back of the residence. ...

Southern Bancorp has big plans for Blytheville, according to CEO Phil Baldwin. The company has already helped fund or helped find funding for hundreds of community development and improvement projects in the areas in which they are located. For example, in Phillips County, the banking company helped establish the Delta Bridge Project, a multi-year improvement plan to help revamp and revitalize the area...

Blytheville residents are encouraged to bring their final loads of limbs to the curb by the end of this weekend. Debris removal company DRC and monitoring company Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM) are wrapping up their third and final sweep of the city of Blytheville, CDM's Wendell Barmer said Friday afternoon...