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Man drowns while trying to flee from law enforcement
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
A man drowned in flood waters New Year's Eve morning near the Dunklin-Butler County border while attempting to escape from law enforcement following a high speed chase. Rickey G. Lerma, 40, of Risco, was pronounced dead at 11 a.m. by Dunklin County Coroner James...
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Mississippi County Sheriff's Department Intake Report -- 12/28/15 - 1/3/2016
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
Mississippi County Sheriff's Department Intake Report -- 12/28/15 through 1/3/2016...
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Blytheville Police Reports, Jan. 6
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Monday, Jan. 4 -- Police took a fraud report. The offender wrote a $392 check to Walmart in Kennett. -- Officers investigated a battery report in the 200 block of East Main. -- Police took a terroristic threatening report in the 400 block of Dougan...
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Charles "Ray" Misner
(Obituary ~ 01/06/16)
Manila -- Charles "Ray" Misner 2/23/1945 -- 1/1/2016 Charles "Ray" Misner passed unexpectedly from this life on Friday Jan. 1st, 2016, with his best friend and wife Billie Sue (Sharp) Misner by his side. ...
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Out with 2015, in with 2016
(Column ~ 01/06/16)
Someone once told me "The only time you should ever look back, is to see how far you've come." While I don't agree with the quote technically, after all I am a historian and I'm all about learning the lessons of the past, in principle it is 100-percent correct. That is especially important for a collective people, community, city or even nation to live by...
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Family looking for 19-year-old Monica Scott
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
The family of 19-year-old Monica Scott is looking for her, according to Capt. Scott Adams, the Blytheville Criminal Investigations Division Commander. "Her family is looking for her and can't get a hold of her," Adams said. "She is listed as missing...
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Maine-based company to expand plant in Manila
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
MANILA, Ark. (AP) -- A Maine-based company is announcing plans to expand its manufacturing plant in northeast Arkansas. Falmouth, Maine-based Southworth Products Corporation CEO Brian McNamara said Wednesday that the company will invest $935,000 in the plant in Manila and add 35 jobs...
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City of Blytheville Year in Review, Part 1
(Local News ~ 01/06/16)
Editor's Note: The following is part one of the CN's two part special 2015 in review interview with Blytheville Mayor James Sanders. Part two will run in the upcoming weekend edition, Jan. 9. Blytheville Mayor James W. Sanders sat down with the CN Wednesday morning and gave a year-end-review of 2015. ...
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