Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2009

Although it's not yet August, work is already underway for this year's Lights of the Delta display. A non-profit corporation that relies on sponsorships and donations, Lights of the Delta is a drive-through route of Christmas-themed displays featuring more than six million lights...

Blytheville police are investigating the fourth homicide of 2009, after an employee of the Mississippi County Assessor's Office found a man dead at an abandoned apartment on South Franklin. The black male's body was unable to be identified, according to Blytheville assistant police chief Marvin Crawford...

Blytheville Police are investigating a report of shots fired at a person Monday night. Monday at 7:30 p.m., Terrence Heard drove to the police station to report that he had gone to visit a friend on Hearn Street, when he saw a man standing down the street that had been shooting around his home a few days ago and to ask him not to shoot around his home...