Stories from Thursday, June 10, 2010

A traffic light on East Highway 18 at Industrial Drive has been re-set to flashing yellow on Highway 18 and flashing red on Industrial Drive, according to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson. The light, which has been there for many years, has been operating off of a sensor located in the road bed which helps regulate traffic flow at this intersection...

According to Blytheville Police Officer J.T. Harris, at approximately 1:10 p.m. Wednesday there was a three-vehicle wreck West Main Street in Blytheville. Cordero Rogers, 21, of Blytheville was westbound in a white Ford Escort. Rogers stopped to turn onto 14th Street when a red Jeep driver by Robert Costigan, 28, of Paragould apparently did not stop in time and hit Rogers' vehicle, causing it to go into the eastbound lane, where it was hit head-on by a purple Ford Contour driven by Margaret Yankaway, 49, of Blytheville. ...

The six towns that make up Buffalo Island are getting ready for their annual Relay for Life being held June 25 at the Leachville City Park. Brenda Matheny of Leachville is the chairman of this year's Buffalo Island Relay for Life and says the theme is "Decades." Matheny explained that each booth set up at the Relay on June 25 will represent various eras, such as the 1920s and 1950s...

"This program is absolutely in response to the opening of ART." -- Dr. James Shemwell

Lottery used to pick kids for new charter school

Gold Star Wives of America. Is that organization unknown to you? The purpose of the military group is to honor the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country. I belong to the organization and so do thousands of widows...