Stories from Saturday, September 25, 2021

Buffalo Island Central school board met Thursday evening in lengthy session to hear principals’ reports addressing steps on how to increase student ACT Aspire scores, approved 2021-2022 budget and salary increases and discuss new laws regarding school board elections...

Leachville City Council members discussed transferring of funds, truck repair, tree limb removal, generator purchase, Halloween trick-or-treat date/time and heard reports on the baseball park and gymnasium/senior citizen at the Sept. 20 meeting. City treasurer Ruth Ann Keith giving the treasurer's report informing the council funds will be transferred from the Fall Festival account to the General Fund to cover the cost of the festival. ...

During the September meeting of the Riverside School Board, board president Greg Douglas shared a letter from the Arkansas Association of Education Administrators that says Riverside superintendent Jeff Priest is a finalist for Arkansas Superintendent of the Year...

The Blytheville City Council approved several resolutions as part of the Arkansas Development Block Grant application in its Sept. 21 meeting. The grant application was introduced to assist the Mississippi County Union Mission for roof repair, becoming ADA accessible and completing renovations throughout the building...