Stories from Friday, April 27, 2012

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mr. James Brock, 56, of Blytheville, passed from this life Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center in Trumann.

I recently attended a town hall meeting (in Gosnell) to discuss expenditure topics affecting all township residents. The turnout was minimal, both topics were controversial, and the discussions were pointed and heated. I was disturbed and ashamed that some participants did not show the elected officials the respect they deserve...

When my father passed away (more than 30 years ago now) he left my mother and me in possession of several pieces of rental property in Steele, much of which he bought in order to expand the parking lot behind the Steele Enterprise building.

A Blytheville police officer was flown to NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro Thursday afternoon after experiencing heart trouble while on duty.

The Quorum Court of Mississippi County recently passed its revised summary of expenditures for 2011.

Sweet Tea will be hosting its first-ever "Boston Tea Party" Saturday to celebrate Boston Terriers and their owners.

The Mississippi County Healthy Start Initiative will be hosting its 2012 Women's Health Fair on Saturday at the Wiley Center on South Franklin.

Former Blytheville water plant manager Matt Mosley resigned; he wasn't fired as reported recently.

This week's Pet of the Week at the Blytheville Humane Society is "Cotton," an adult, female Domestic Short Hair cat. Cotton is house-trained, and it up-to-date with routine shots. For more information, call the Humane Society at 870-838-5512 or send email to humanesocietyofblytheville@hotmail.com.

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders said the city's water is safe to drink, despite a report otherwise to the state Department of Health.