Stories from Saturday, January 28, 2017

Tickets are on sale now for "Beyond Z," KIPP Delta's annual celebration of students, staff, and community members who go above and beyond in their pursuit of excellence at KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School and KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School...

The City of Osceola has filed a motion to dismiss a counter claim suit filed against the city by Mississippi County, Arkansas; and the Quorum Court of Mississippi County, Arkansas. The motion, filed by the city's attorney, Bart Calhoun of the Little Rock firm McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, Tuesday seeks to dismiss a counterclaim filed by the county Thursday, Jan. 19 which re- quested declaratory ruling on the legality of six taxes passed in the county be- tween 1986 and 2014...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court held its first regular monthly meeting of 2017 Tuesday evening. The court alternates each year which courthouse will host the monthly meeting, therefore 2017 meetings will be held in the large, upstairs courtroom of the Blytheville Courthouse...

Mr. Trump, you are my president. However, many, many of us voted for you not because you were our first choice, but because you were the only choice we could live with. So, your mandate is shaky but your task is not. You were elected because you were the only candidate that recognized our fierce anger. Biased and now disappointed television pundits forecasted wrong because they were blind to just how angry we are...