Stories from Saturday, August 4, 2018

In last Sunday’s edition of the Jonesboro Sun, an editorial titled “New Courthouse Simply Bad Idea” was published. The piece, as you may have guessed, reflects the writer’s opinion on why Mississippi County does not need a new courthouse and starts with the line, “Blytheville needs a new courthouse about as much as it needs another golf course.”...

The Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce has intervened in the issue surrounding the local public library, where repairs to the HVAC system and the roof are likely to cost $300,000—a particularly urgent situation that could force closure of the library...

At Thursday’s Blytheville Code Enforcement meeting, the committee voiced some concerns that they had heard from citizens about the department. Committee brought up several phone calls that they received from citizens stating that the Code Enforcement “did not do their jobs.”...

Farmland is essential to Mississippi County and to have a farm full of crops, you have to have a good irrigation system. That is what Ray Benson and the University of Arkansas Mississippi County Extension Service has been working on for the past seven years — improving local irrigation systems...

A local woman pled guilty Friday to manslaughter in the death of her infant, who perished of Methamphetamine Toxicity last August. Christina Richard, 32, was sentenced to the maximum 120 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections for her part in the death of the four month old boy...