Stories from Saturday, May 23, 2020

Editor’s Note: The NEA Town Courier has partnered with Arkansas Northeastern College and several local businesses to highlight ANC students. This is the latest in a series titled ANC Student Snapshot. Arkansas Northeastern College announced Tatum Tornkvist of Caraway as the final Student Snapshot Recipient of the year. Tornkvist was nominated by Art Instructor Holt Brasher...

Manila city officials met with Park/Recreational manager Darrell Birmingham on Friday morning to create a plan and time frame for opening ball park activities and the swimming pool/water park. The ballpark has been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. All of the spring sports were closed throughout the state...

This week construction crews of Brand Construction started the process of tearing down the current Armorel Elementary building that has served the district since the 1960s. The new elementary building is nearing completion and is set to be ready to welcome students for the 2020-2021 school year...

On Friday, the Mississippi County Quorum Court’s Finance Committee recommended that the quorum court reduce the Blytheville courthouse construction appropriation by $3 million and have the Energy and Property Committee oversee forecasts of expenditures for the project moving forward...

Two perished during an early morning head-on collision Saturday on Interstate 55 near Blytheville. According to the Arkansas State Police report, A 2013 Jeep was southbound in the northbound lane of I-55, at the 64 mile marker around 4:40 a.m. Saturday when it struck a 2017 Chevrolet, causing both vehicles to catch fire...