Stories from Saturday, February 10, 2018

Every year the local Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) chapter holds an extremely successful radio/cable-thon to help raise funds for St. Jude Children's Hospital. The upcoming 2018 edition will mark their 38th year and will be held on March 2-3. As usual, the event will be simulcast on KHLS 96.3 FM from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. on March 2 and again from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the next day (Saturday)...

The Blytheville Police and Fire Committee will be holding interviews with the four finalist construction companies next week to determine which one the city will hire as its construction manager to oversee the renovation of the armory building into the city’s new Justice Complex. The four finalists are Construction Network Incorporate (CNI), Baldwin and Shell Construction Company, Tate General Contractors and Nabholz Construction Services...

The Baseball Facilities Board (FB) met Wednesday to discuss a newly proposed eight-page contract between the City of Blytheville and the Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters (BBSB) regarding the oversight and the use of the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex...

The Blytheville Finance Committee met Thursday and approved a transfer of $3,000 from Animal Control's “building maintenance fund” to their “travel fund.” They also announced that Animal Control has a second new full-time officer. Neither of the department’s two officers is certified at this time. ...