Stories from Friday, September 4, 2009

Local attorney Jim Harris is claiming the city of Blytheville altered the Lamar's Room business application, after it had been approved. Lamar's Room owners Deanthony Perry and Deon Mouton asked the city for a business license that would allow them to run a studio and have get-togethers, family reunions, parties and music at the Fifth Street business...

Local attorney Jim Harris told the Blytheville Police and Fire Committee Thursday the city is in default on a pending lawsuit, filed by former Blytheville police officer Jason Wolfenbarger. He said the city's answer was due on Aug. 28. Wolfenbarger and former officer Earnest Frye have filed lawsuits, after both were terminated for allegedly failing to comply with the city's employee residency policy. Wolfenbarger lives in Paragould, while Frye resides in Osceola...

Approval of a millage increase by patrons of the Blytheville School District is desperately needed, according to Charles Van Pelt, the district's director of operations. The annual school election will be Sept. 15 in the board room of the school's administration building on Park Street...