Stories from Saturday, July 23, 2022

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Manila Superintendent Jason Evers and members of the Manila School Board toured the new track field Monday night prior to the regular July school board meeting. Superintendent Evers said work is on schedule, maybe a little ahead of schedule, and if the weather permits, it will be ready for asphalt very soon. Evers said it is going to look nice and be an asset to the program...

A Back-to-School Community Prayer will be held Sunday, Aug. 7 for the Blytheville School District. The community prayer will be held at 4 p.m. at the Administration Building in Blytheville. Facilitator will be Pastor Fredrick Clay. The BSD will hold their Back-2-School Bash on Thursday, Aug. 4, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the BHS Chickasaw Arena...

By STEVE KNOX - Osceola Times The Gosnell City Council passed a pair of resolutions in a special Zoom meeting Tuesday. The council considered Resolution 216, a rental lease agreement for a building the city owns at 4703 Memorial Drive. The council voted unanimously to lease the building to Kristi Neal and authorized city clerk Allison Hinson and Mayor Teresa Walker to effectuate the agreement...

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier The Blytheville City Council approved an ordinance reducing the budgeted amount of police officers to 35 during their July 19 meeting. The reduction also allows the department to enact the new police pay scale, approving raises for every position aside from the chief. ...