Stories from Monday, January 10, 2011

Blytheville police were called Thursday to a residence on E. Kentucky Street where the resident reported the theft of a television valued at $550.

Mississippi County deputies may soon have new patrol cars to match their new uniforms, if a proposal by Sheriff Dale Cook gets approved by the quorum court.

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders had an interesting first week in office. On Wednesday, he was shaking hands with Gov. Mike Beebe, who was in town to announce the expansion of Aviation Repair Technologies.

Miss Lights of the Delta, Ashley Walthall, recently visited the fifth-grade social studies classes of Hilary Bloodworth at Blytheville Intermediate School.

Somer Allen, Miss Northeast Arkansas, recently visited Blytheville High School, where she spoke to several classes.

During my 10 years as a reporter for the Courier News, there were numerous stories about Arkansas that went national, and if Twitter or Facebook had been "born" back then would probably have gone viral as well. And almost all of those stories had something to do with birds.

Dustin Byrd, 19, of 1016 Rollison St., and Johnathon Short, 20, of Manila, were both arrested Sunday for being minors in possession of alcohol and for being in fraudulent possession of identification cards.

Local, county and state police were busy Monday working numerous accidents on city, county and Interstate roads as the snow continues to fall.