Stories from Wednesday, May 9, 2018

FARMINGTON, Mo. — 350 gymnasts. Seven states. Midwest Regionals medals at stake. The Wright Gym Classics represented Blytheville quite well over the weekend against some stiff competition, with several of the local gymnasts gracing the podium and bringing back hardware for their outstanding performances...

Farm No. 266, the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home at Dyess in Mississippi County has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of historically significant properties. Farm No. 266 at 4791 West County Road 4791 was built in 1934 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, a Depression-era federal relief agency, and was the home of the country music legend from 1935 until he graduated from high school in 1950...

Bids were presented to the Public Works Committee for the McHaney asphalt overlay project on Monday night. Public Works Director Mark Key stated that the project received three bids; however, one of the bids did not meet specifications. The two bids that could meet the project's guidelines were from Barker Brothers for $267,000 and Red Rock Paving for $338,483...

Early Tuesday morning, Mayor James Sanders and Police Chief Ross Thompson sat down with architect Todd Welch and Nabholz senior project manager Adam Seiter to look over the schematic designs for the new Justice Complex. Welch reported that some changes had been made from the last plans that were reviewed and that the schematic designs were a little more detailed than what they would normally be. ...

Blytheville Chief of Police Ross Thompson asked the Police and Fire Committee to consider purchasing a mobile SkyCop unit at Monday night's meeting. While Thompson did not have an exact quote for the unit, he believed the unit would be around $50,000 plus possible additions for optional software. ...

Former Blytheville police officer Tyrone L. Futrell announced his candidacy for Constable of the Chickasawba Township. Futrell has served as a senior patrolmen of the Blytheville Police Department for five years and has worked for the Blytheville School District for six years. ...