Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Members of the Blytheville School Board discussed several ongoing projects at the schools during their meeting Monday night, including the cost of placing additional canopies at the Kindergarten and Primary Schools. Charles Van Pelt, facilities director for the district, said the estimated costs at this time to place the canopies over areas where children are dropped off by parents and buses total nearly $120,000...

A group of about 50 African-American residents met Saturday night at a local church, calling for the Blytheville School Board to rescind its decision to hire Bobby Ashley, high school principal. Organized by Tony Hollis, a local member of the NAACP, and Mary Jones, the meeting was a call to action for patrons of the district...

An Osceola woman has died as the result of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Luxora according to a report from the Arkansas State Police. Ruth L. Harris, 72, of Osceola, was the passenger in a blue 2001 Chevrolet pickup, which was being driven northbound on Highway 61 by Frank Harris, 49, of Osceola. ...

A Blytheville man is listed in serious but stable condition in a Memphis Hospital, after a two-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a car Saturday evening, according to reports from the Blytheville Police Department. The accident reportedly occurred at 5:10 p.m. ...

Blytheville Police are investigating a shooting incident from Saturday night that sent a Blytheville man to the hospital according to reports. At 11:13 p.m., Blytheville Police received a call from the Emergency Room of Great River Medical Center, stating that a man had just been brought in to the emergency room by private vehicle with a gunshot wound...

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A federal appeals court said Tuesday that a company was right to demote a steelworker after he missed four days of work because he was drunk. Talmadge Scobey claimed Nucor Steel-Arkansas wrongly demoted him from his job that paid up to $90,000 a year. He had worked as a ''ladle man,'' pouring molten steel. While Scobey could have been fired, Nucor gave him a job in the shipping department and cut his pay nearly in half...

An Osceola woman has died as the result of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Luxora according to a report from the Arkansas State Police. Ruth L. Harris, 72, of Osceola, was the passenger in a blue 2001 Chevrolet pickup, which was being driven northbound on Highway 61 by Frank Harris, 49, of Osceola. ...

An Osceola woman has died as the result of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Luxora according to a report from the Arkansas State Police. Ruth L. Harris, 72, of Osceola, was the passenger in a blue 2001 Chevrolet pickup, which was being driven northbound on Highway 61 by Frank Harris, 49, of Osceola. ...