Stories from Saturday, September 15, 2018

As we get closer and closer to November 6, every action by our candidates is having higher political motivation. Every photo-op, phone call and Facebook post made on their pages might as well be screaming, "IT'S ME! I'M THE BEST ONE! PICK ME!" and I guess that is to be expected...

GOSNELL — With a standing-room-only crowd looking on, Gosnell Mayor Don Marshall made it clear that he would not tolerate bickering and arguing during Tuesday night’s Gosnell City Council meeting. The comment was prefacing a discussion of Councilman Eric Blount’s formal ethics complaint of Councilman John Pate’s alleged misuse of city property...

Earlier this week in the monthly Police and Fire meeting, Police Chief Ross Thompson presented a graph to the committee showcasing the numbers for certain crimes, including murder, rape, assault, robbery, burglary and a few others. The graph compared the numbers of the crimes for the years 2014 through 2018...

During the Blytheville Utilities meeting, the committee received a report from CWB project engineer Kyle Breckenridge about the water flow, specifically for fire prevention, on Division Street. Breckenridge stated that he was aware that the city was supposed to have two new buildings coming to the area in the future; the new Justice Complex and KIPP's new gym...

On Thursday, the Blytheville City Council’s Finance Committee voted to send Layne Christensen Company’s bid for the new Water Well No. 12 to the full council. The Utilities Committee reviewed the project earlier this week and the full council will vote on it next Tuesday. The bid for the project is $1,257,575...