Stories from Monday, September 21, 2015

A female Blytheville Middle School student was arrested Friday, after allegedly bringing a stun gun to school and chasing other students with it during gym class the previous day. According to the police report, the gym teacher noticed girls being unusually loud in the locker room...

A Blytheville officer immobilized a fleeing individual by Tasering him Friday in the Holly/Division area. Police arrested Bryan Caruthers on charges of fleeing on foot. Records also show he is charged with domestic battery, two counts of Failure to Appear, rape, robbery and theft of property...

After reportedly being jumped on West Rose Saturday, a Blytheville man was flown to Regional Medical Center in Memphis, where he was treated and released. Police found the victim, Timmy Woods, lying on the front step of 2200 Birch, according to the police report...

Blytheville Courier News The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Friday, Sept. 18 -- Police investigated a burglary in the 100 block of East Clinton. Missing were two televisions. -- Officers investigated a burglary in the 200 block of West Kentucky. Missing were a gaming system and games, as well as a television, birth certificate and lock box...

Members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court's finance committee voted Monday afternoon to propose a new ordinance which will rescind the one they created in early 2014 regarding doing business with Rick Mosley and Hollister Industrial Drive in spite of a family connection with a county employee...