Stories from Wednesday, February 13, 2019

One of Blytheville’s hidden gems is the work of the Rotary Club of Blytheville. Saturday’s Bingo Night just reinforced why I am proud to be a Rotarian. Around 150 participated in the fundraiser, which helps our civic club provide five $1,000 scholarships to local seniors each year...

A drainage issue has delayed the opening of bids for the new Armorel Elementary School building. Monday night, Armorel superintendent Jennifer Barbaree told the school board that questions from the previous board meeting regarding drainage prompted the civil engineer to create a new design...

On Monday at the Utilities Committee meeting, Blytheville Mayor James Sanders asked the board to revisit an issue that was brought before the council nearly one year ago — the potential of the city supplying Arkansas Northeastern College with a water credit for the amount of $217,000...

During the Blytheville Public Works Committee meeting, Councilman Matt Perrin asked the committee to revisit an issue concerning council attendance and receiving pay based on that attendance. Though an ordinance has existed in the past that required that a council member make at minimum four meetings a month in order to receive their monthly pay, that ordinance has been removed from the council procedures...

Councilman Matt Perrin presented the Code Enforcement Committee with a potential service provided by the Arkansas Municipal league concerning Ordinance Codification. The program provides services to Arkansas municipalities to help review and straighten out a city’s ordinances as well as provide bound copies of the new municipal code. ...

Officers of the Blytheville Police Department have made arrests in connection with a recent series of robberies and a shooting that resulted in the death of a Blytheville resident, according to Police Chief Ross Thompson. Between Feb. 3-6, the Blytheville Police Department received two reports of robberies of pizza delivery drivers and two reports individuals being robbed. ...

A 17-year-old has surrendered to Blytheville police in connection with Monday night's slaying of 35-year-old Travis Pearson at Pear Tree Apartments, according to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson. Around 4:30 p.m. Monday, Blytheville officers responded to a shooting at Pear Tree Apartments in the 800 block of Ruddle Road, finding Pearson deceased...