Stories from Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The proposed Blytheville KIPP charter school was approval from the Arkansas State Board of Education Monday. The new school will be part of the "Knowledge is Power Program," a public school aimed at preparing every student for college. Blytheville was one of three communities being considered for the school. The other two were West Memphis and Pine Bluff...

Sewer projects putting city budget in the red

A Blytheville man appeared in Blytheville District Court under heavy security Monday to answer to charges of first degree murder, after a Friday night shooting. Cordell Wells, 23, appeared before District Judge Shannon Langston on charges of first degree murder, fleeing on foot, refusal to submit to arrest and carrying a weapon. Wells was surrounded by officers of the Blytheville Police Department and everyone entering the courtroom was subject to a search for weapons...

A two-vehicle accident at 3 p.m. Monday at the intersection of East Rose and South Ruddle Road sent three children and an adult to the hospital with injuries, according to Blytheville Police. The three children, Elliott Wright, Kaitlyn Wright and Kalynn Wright, along with the driver, Nicole S. ...

ARMOREL -- The Armorel school district will be looking for two more administrators for the 2010 school year, as the board accepted the resignations of elementary principal Rick Gore and high school principal Ken Shumate Monday evening during the district's monthly school board meeting...