Stories from Saturday, December 30, 2017

With the announcement at a special board meeting on December 19 that Superintendent Richard Atwill will be resigning at the end of the school year, the Blytheville School Board has began to take steps towards hiring a replacement. According to Atwill the board will meet in early January to decide if they wish to use a recruitment firm or find applicants on their own...

37-year old Tabatha Ladonna Davis of Blytheville was bound over to circuit court Wednesday by Osceola District Judge Donald Betterton on the charges of felony counterfeiting/forgery with regard to identity documents while working as a nurse. According to the December 21 Osceola Police Department (OPD) incident report, OPD was dispatched to In Home Health Care in Osceola where officers learned that the day before the facility had received a phone call from the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, requesting Davis’ license number. ...

Rivercrest dual threat quarterback Demilon Brown and Osceola head coach Robert Hooks headline this year’s All-Courier football team, as voted on by the sports staffs of the Blytheville Courier News and Osceola Times. Brown led the Rivercrest Colts to a 3A state championship in his junior campaign, and is the Courier News Player of the Year. ...

JONESBORO — For a moment, it appeared Blytheville’s Tony Newmy’s layup was going to give the Chicks a chance to defend their Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament title on Tuesday evening. Though the ball found the bottom of the net for what would have been a game-tying bucket against Brookland, Newmy was called for a charge on the play, allowing the Bearcats to keep a two-point lead with 11.4 seconds showing...

“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 I love Blytheville and I love its people. I have a real burden for those in our community and my writings come from my heart’s desire to help cause changes in our community that will make life better for us all...