Stories from Saturday, March 13, 2021

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has selected Arkansas Northeastern College to pilot Career Connect, which is funded by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. Career Connect is a subsidized employment program that teaches potential employees soft skills and helps them find a job, while offering to reimburse a partnering business for some of their salary...

Lake City’s three-way special mayoral race held on Tuesday was close and will go to a runoff election on March 30. Candidates seeking the position included Cameron Tate, Chad Moody and Danny Dunigan. Former Mayor Jon Milligan stepped down after being elected to serve in the House of Representatives...

Mississippi County Fire Police and Safety committee members discussed the need for a deputy Office of Emergency Management at the Thursday meeting. Chairman Rick Ash explained to the committee that when the Quorum Court combined the 911 coordinator and OEM into one position at the retirement of 911 coordinator David Lendennie, they did not realize that Mr. ...

The Gosnell City Council voted to accept the bid of Square Post for the Gosnell fire station extension during Tuesday night’s Zoom meeting. Square Post was the low bidder at $44,344. Sierra Group bid $87,891, while Richardson Construction bid $100,203. Meanwhile, the board tabled the city hall roofing project after reviewing the bids...

Thursday morning, members of the Great River Economic Development Foundation board unanimously agreed to recommend the Mississippi County Quorum Court approve a special election to renew the county’s ½-cent economic development tax. No proposed election date has been set...

Blytheville's basketball season came to an end March 13 with a 51-45 loss to Little Rock Mills in the state semifinal. The Chicks and Comets dealt with foul trouble throughout the contest. Blytheville's starting guards collected three fouls in the opening half, while TJ Jackson picked two in the first half as well...