Stories from Saturday, January 29, 2022

Mississippi County Quorum Court justices unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing the purchase of Hyper-Reach notification system software during the monthly meeting of the court at the Mississippi County Courthouse in Osceola. Justices agreed to pay $10,000 for the software with a five-year price lock. ...

The Gosnell City Council held two special meetings via Zoom this week. On Tuesday, the council approved the 2022 budget and tabled a proposed vehicle for the Gosnell Police Department. The council met again on Zoom Wednesday afternoon, approving the police vehicle...

While covid-19 number took a slight dip the past week, cases are still high in Mississippi County and across the state. Blytheville Mayor James Sanders reported 969 active cases in the county in his Wednesday report, with 89,572 active cases in the state as a whole. While all Northeast Arkansas counties saw decreases as well, local officials are continuing the call for caution...

Leachville City Council’s first meeting of the 2022 Tuesday evening proved to be a lengthy agenda with several citizens in attendance to address the historic buildings located on Main Street. Several buildings on the north end of main street were damaged in the Dec.10 tornado. ...

The Ritz Gallery, 306 W. Main in Blytheville, announced Katie Sanders as featured artist for the month of February. The Ritz will host a free Meet the Artist reception on Monday, Jan. 31, from 6-8 p.m. The event is an opportunity to meet and support this local artist and to enjoy viewing her many works displayed...

Behind its suffocating defense, Osceola held a 29-3 lead over Gosnell after the first eight minutes of the game. The Seminoles went on to defeat the host Pirates, 74-28. Gosnell led just one time, 2-0, on a bucket from TJ Reed to open the game. Then Osceola scored 29 straight points, with many coming off steals or forced turnovers. ...

Rivercrest’s last-second heave went in and out, and the Gosnell Lady Pirates held on for a 40-38 win, Friday night, in front of a large crowd at Pirate Gym. Gosnell led 38-31 going into the fourth quarter, but Rivercrest went on an 8-1 run capped by a wing three-pointer from Macy Henderson with 47.7 seconds to play, which cut the GHS lead to 39-38...

On Friday, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the Blytheville Police Department responded to the corner of 21st and Marguerite in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. “Officers arrived on scene and located the victim, later identified as Shirley Krech , 48 year old female of Blytheville,” BPD assistant chief Ricky Jefferson said. ...