Stories from Friday, September 16, 2016

ARMOREL Breakfast Monday:Cereal, Poptart, Banana, Juice and Milk Tuesday: Mini Pancakes, Fruit Cocktail, Juice and Milk Wednesday: Super Donut, Yogurt, Peaches, Juice, and Milk Thursday: Pancakes, Sausage link, Applesauce, Juice and Milk Friday: Sausage & Biscuit, Bananna, Juice and Milk...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Tuesday, Sept. 13 -- Police took a harassment report in the 1100 block of South Lilly. -- Officers took a shoplifting report at Lowe's. The offender took a tool combo kit valued at $299...

KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School held a "Donuts for Dads" event on Thursday, September 8 in the cafeteria of the school's campus on Byrum Road. The event was a way for fathers, uncles, brothers, grandfathers and other relatives of students to visit the school, meet teachers, and learn more about KBC. Pictured is KBC music teacher Jon Tomasello (left) greeting Jonathan Smith, an uncle of a student. (Photo by KBC student Alyssia Cain.)...

Blytheville voters continue to take advantage of early voting at the Mississippi County Election Center (formerly the Moore Center). Early voting continues Monday with Election Day set for Tuesday. Early voting hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday. On Tuesday, the polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Election Center. As of Friday, 215 voted early...

The Finance and Purchasing Committee sent a water rate hike request to the Blytheville City Council, but proposed keeping the millage rate unchanged on Wednesday evening. The water rate increase would provide Waterworks with the 10 percent budget surplus required to reissue bonds that would fund $4.1 million in improvements...

Coach Brandon Barbaree lost his first game as Gosnell Pirate head coach Friday night, falling to 2-1 on the season, after the Rivercrest Colts delivered a gut-punching, 32-26 defeat to the Pirates. The Pirates had 205 yards rushing on 42 carries. At the half the Pirates had 170 of those yards. Total offense on the night for the Pirates was 267 to 307 by Rivercrest...

The Blytheville defense forced five Marion turnovers and denied the Patriots five times in the red zone Friday night, as the Chicks held on for a thrilling 34-31 win at Haley Field. Malik Smith had a big night for the Chickasaw defense, returning an interception 95 yards to paydirt once when Marion was inside the Blytheville 10...