Stories from Saturday, March 19, 2022

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier The Blytheville School Board conducted their final initial round of interviews in a special meeting March 16 and voted to unanimously narrowed the field to two candidates. Following her interview Wednesday night, Dr. Veronica Perkins of the Forrest City School District, and Dr. Lloyd Jackson of Kansas City, Missouri were selected as the finalist...

By Marcus McClain - NEA Town Courier The Blytheville City Council officially established code enforcement’s ‘Adopt-A-Block’ program during their Tuesday meeting. When initially introducing the idea, code enforcement officer Janice Smith stated, “I get phone calls from people all the time saying, ‘we’re working and we’re cleaning up this area but nobody is helping. I’m doing it all by myself.’”...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Mississippi County Sanitation and Solid Waste and Finance committees held back-to-back meetings on Monday, March 14, at the annex building in Blytheville. Sanitation and Solid Waste: Justice Neil Burge, Sanitation and Solid Waste Chair, opened the meeting highlighting the operations for the landfill for 2021, reporting  revenue at $3,485,285.18 and expenses at $2,527,938.56 with $104,000 charged back to 2020. ...