Stories from Saturday, June 16, 2012

This week's Pet of the Week at the Blytheville Humane Society is "Roscoe," an adult male Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mix. Roscoe is a sweetheart who needs an active family. He is up-to-date with routine shots. For more information, call the Humane Society at 870-838-5512 or send email to humanesocietyofblytheville@hotmail.com.

The Blytheville Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the two men who attempted to rob Gary's Food Mart on West Moultrie last week. On Monday morning, at approximately 6:39 a.m., officers responded to Gary's in reference to an attempted robbery. Two offenders described as young black males demanded money but did not get anything because store employees fought them off...

Members of the Mississippi County Election Commission voted Friday to contact the district prosecuting attorney with several questionable absentee ballots from the June 12 runoff between Blytheville City Councilman Monte Hodges and local business owner Mary Gay Shipley, and also the race between Scott Ellington and Clark Hall...

Greetings, amigos. I've heard some rumors abroad that The Police (who apparently has his own following), has not been featured much in this column as of late, so in response to that, I will focus today's ramblings on him. It's not a hard thing for me to do, since I do sort of still have a giant crush on him. Don't tell. Just pass him my note during math class, okay?...