Stories from Thursday, May 26, 2016

A suspect in two robberies on April 4 is now in custody. Officers arrested Rodney Willis, Jr., 20, in connection with the Jordan's Quick Stop and Pizza Hut robberies, according to Capt. Scott Adams, the Blytheville Criminal Investigations Division commander...

Two juveniles were arrested Wednesday night, and police confiscated two semiautomatic handguns following a chase. According to Capt. Scott Adams, around 8 p.m. Wednesday Blytheville officers investigated a report of juveniles harassing another juvenile at Capri Apartments...

Blytheville police are investigating two robberies on Wednesday night. One victim said he heard a knock on his door as he was about to get into the shower at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday in the 2200 block of West McHaney. When he answered it, three female offenders "came rushing in with guns and said 'what you got," the police report said...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police took a theft report at Red Barn Gardens on South Division. Four plants, valued at $400 total, were reported missing. -- Police took a harassment report in the 1300 block of Normandy...

Monday night Blytheville school board met to discuss some ongoing issues in the district. Among these issues was the state vote to pause the Academic Distress label for any schools that could potentially be in academic distress. The vote was to be held that very same evening by Governor Hutchison in Little Rock. ...