Stories from Saturday, July 23, 2011

This is a story sent to me from friend Ann Hutto. I felt compelled to share it instead of my usual moaning. Hope the readers enjoy it as I did.

I was writing in regards to the drive to clean up Blytheville. It is a shame to see a place that was once beautiful and vibrant go so far down in the gutter. I will not mince words -- the town in which we live looks trashy. It's going to take more than words to clean it up. It's a shame that you have to call on the citizens to clean it up...

The time has changed on a community meeting aimed at getting ministers involved in helping the city of Blytheville with its code enforcement issues. The meeting has been moved to 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul MB Church, according to City Councilman John Musgraves, who chairs the Code Enforcement committee...

A local couple has recently returned from a trip which turned out to be the experience of a lifetime -- tracking animals in the African bush on a hunting safari. Charles and Mary Mosley have lived in the Blytheville area all of their lives. Charles is retired from American Greetings, and Mary works as the business manager for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. ...

The KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory school still has openings for the upcoming 2011-12 school year, according to school director Maisie Wright. "We still have a few spots open in fifth grade," said Wright. "We'd love to fill those before August."...

With Barrett Harrison in the executive session, the Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport Authority board members discussed his evaluation, then determined in open session that the BGRAA president did an "acceptable" job his first six months, the Blytheville Courier News has learned...

A 23-year-old Osceola man is suspected in an incident which occurred Friday morning in Jonesboro. At 7:45 a.m., Jonesboro police responded to a call that the man in question entered a home and attempted to assault an adult female, his ex-girlfriend, who escaped the residence through a window, leaving her 7-year-old daughter inside...