Stories from Saturday, September 19, 2020

During the Armorel School District’s annual Report to the Public, the administration announced this year’s goals for both elementary and high school. The district is fully accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education. Armorel Elementary received an ‘A’ rating, while Armorel High School received a ‘B’ rating, during the 2018-2019 academic school year based on their ESSA Index score...

Mississippi County and the municipalities in the county will soon be receiving Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. The city of Blytheville will receive $618,829, which is the most being distributed to any city in the county. ...

The city of Blytheville had a clean audit for the 2019 fiscal year. “No issues came to our attention that we considered necessary to report of management,” according to a letter from Marti Steel, CPA, deputy legistlative auditor for Arkansas Legislative Joint Auditing Committee...

During the regular Blytheville City Council meeting on Tuesday, the board unanimously passed three ordinances, one of which transfers the administration of retirement coverage for eligible members of the fire relief and pension fund to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System LOPFI. The agreement places the city into an irrevocable agreement for a 15-year payback schedule with LOPFI...

Leachville City Council opened the community/gymnasium for walking only, heard reports from department heads, passed an ordinance to close an alley, discussed clean-up week and voted to add a full-time city worker at the September meeting held Thursday evening...