Stories from Wednesday, August 21, 2013

HUD awards Arkansas Housing Authorities over $16 million to improve and preserve public housing stock Buffalo Island Housing Authorities in Manila, Caraway, Lake City, Leachville and Monette are among the Arkansas Housing Authorities receiving $16,801,739 to make major large-scale improvements to pubic housing assets...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Members of the Solid Waste Management Board for Mississippi County met Tuesday to discuss how to deal with violations of an ordinance which requires all waste generated within the county to be disposed of at the county's landfill.

School is back in session and student safety is a top priority for local districts, particularly when it comes to transportation to and from school.

Tuesday night, officials with East Arkansas Planning and Development provided the Blytheville City Council with a city "Plan Snapshot" and an annual report for its consideration -- two pieces of the reNEW East Arkansas effort.

The 82nd Annual Mississippi County Fair opened Tuesday night at the county fairgrounds in Blytheville.

James L. Wadkins, 88, of Blytheville passed from this life Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 at his home.

Mr. Ronald Arthur David was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Haverhhill, Mass., to Victor and Florence David.

I am again writing to you in reference to the living situation of the senior citizen apartments on Clear Lake Road. The last time I wrote that I was in a state of outrage because of the living conditions we as senior citizens of Blytheville were and still are enduring in these apartments, and I am even more outraged because no one seems to care about our struggles and pleadings for help...

If I had to guess, I'd say Shel Silverstein wrote the above poem at the dawn of a new school year. I can certainly say it pretty much sums up my feelings this week.

The Blytheville Police Department is looking for information regarding an apparent homicide that took place early Wednesday morning.

Floyd Odell Dehart, Sr., age 59, of Manila, died Tuesday August 20, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in the Mandalay Community, he was the son of the late Hershal and Goldie Dehart and had been a lifelong Manila area resident. He was a 1972 graduate of Manila High School and was a retired truck driver...