Stories from Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Blytheville Chickasaws (2-2, 1-0) will travel for the first time this season as they make the trip to Jonesboro to face the reigning co-conference champions and undefeated Nettleton Raiders (4-0, 1-0). The Raiders are coached by Steve Hampton who has a 37-22 record at the school...

The Gosnell Pirates (2-2, 1-0) head into Friday’s big 3-4A conference matchup against the Rivercrest Colts (4-0, 1-0) hoping to continue their consecutive conference win streak intact. The Pirates are the reigning league champions and winners of 17 straight conference games. The Colts moved up to the 4A conference after winning the 3A State Championship and taking home the 3A-3 conference title...

The Blytheville Courier News will be hosting its annual debate series this week and next week. The CN will host debates for the offices of Blytheville City Council, Blytheville Mayor, Mississippi County Sheriff and Mississippi County Judge. Blytheville City Council will start the debate series on Thursday night. Mississippi County Sheriff and Mississippi County Judge will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3...

The Blytheville School Board voted unanimously to grant a renewal of the Air Evac services provided in the past to the district's faculty. At last month's meeting, the renewal of the Air Evac services was on the agenda, however, after some debate about getting rid of the service as a possible save in funding, the item was tabled until the September meeting...

The Mississippi County Fair just celebrated its 87th year. But according to county fair manager Ray Lawrence, attendance was down again as it has been for each of the past five years. If this trend continues, the fair may be forced to close down for good...

Dear Editor, Finally after almost four years of the Arkansas State Police investigating our city, former “Sanders for Mayor” Campaign Manager Gary Phillips was arrested and charged with felony theft. Not in connection with $490,000 of allegedly fraudulent office equipment contracts he signed...