Stories from Saturday, July 22, 2017

The Blytheville City Council discussed and approved several ordinances and resolutions during its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The measures ranged from the purchase of radio equipment for the Public Works Department, new meters for the Waterworks Department, amending the 2017 budget, grant approval for the Municipal Airport, the purchasing of three new garbage trucks, the acquisition of new land as well as EFT bond payments...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court’s Planning and Development Committee met Thursday with ANC President Dr. James Shemwell, Economic Developer Clif Chifwood, Gene Bennett, Farmers Bank and Trust President Randy Scott and MCEC president Brad Harrison to discuss a workforce program, Arkansas Steel Processing Training. The program could assist the roughly 6,000 people that are healthy and able to work back in jobs at the steel mills...

In 1973, Charles Hinson hand-painted a memorial to Linebacker II — the nine men who lost their lives in the largest ever bombing campaign by American B-52s. On Thursday, his son, Dale Hinson, put the finishes touches on the 500-pound, all-steel tribute that was refurbished at Hinson Sign Company...