Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Current events of today eventually turn into history. If we are fortunate enough to live long enough we will actually remember some of the history our young students study about in textbooks. Today, Sept. 11, 2019, is the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attack that changed lives forever. Many of the students today were not even born in 2001...

Riverside School Board President Greg Douglas shared a letter he had received at the Monday, Sept. 9, meeting. The letter  informed the board Superintendent Jeff Priest had been nominated to represent the State of Arkansas through the American Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year program. The nomination reflects Superintendent Priest’s commitment to education and the value he brings to the children of this great state...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court’s Finance Committee began the 2020 budget process Monday by studying projected revenues to determine how much money will be available to departments next year. “Truly, the revenue projections form the backbone and basis of a sound budget,” said Justice Michael White, chairman of the Finance Committee...

The Code Enforcement and Animal Control committees sent a new condemnation ordinance to full Blytheville City Council on Monday afternoon. Blytheville city attorney Chris Brown introduced attorney Jessica Thomas — the previous city attorney from Jonesboro — whose primary focus is on condemnation and the foreclosure process...

The Gosnell Pirates (0-2) will look to have better luck this Friday night against another tribe of Indians as they travel to south Mississippi County where they face the Osceola Seminoles after being defeated by the Kennett Indians last Friday 44-8...

The Blytheville Chickasaws have yet to win this season as they have had no easy schedule. On Friday night, that schedule won’t get any easier as the Chicks travel to West Memphis to face the West Memphis Blue Devils. According to Chicks head coach Lance Stone, the Blue Devils are big and athletic and also will have several Division I players on both sides of the ball...

Leachville paramedic and registered nurse Charlotte Carmichael has answered many disaster calls over the last 30-plus years of service but Sept. 11, 2001, remains an experience she will never forget. She was and still is today part of a specialist team out of Little Rock. She is a member of the AR1 Disaster Medical Assistant Team (DMAT). In 2001 she was working for an ambulance service and with FEMA...

Steel from Nucor-Yamato Steel can be found in stadiums, schools and buildings all over the United States. But none may be as special, particularly today — on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — as the massive structure honoring those who lost their lives on the day that changed the nation forever...