Stories from Friday, September 15, 2023

White Lightning Band and Joe Chipman were the guest entertainers at the Manila Housing Authority on Tuesday evening. The event was held in the meeting room in the office facility. Janiece Flannigan, housing authority director, said activities for the residents had stopped due to the Covid 19 epidemic. ...

Zion Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Portageville, Mo. will be celebrating its 100th church anniversary on Oct. 15, at 2:30 p.m. Pastor Raymond Roberson from the Life of Faith Christian Center (of Lavergne, Tenn.) will be the special guest for the celebration...

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lynn Hodge II, of Caruthersville, Mo., recently announced the upcoming wedding of their daughter Lauren Michelle to Nicholas Dave Jain, of Kennett, Mo. Lauren is the granddaughter of Elizabeth Dorroh and the late Lee Dorroh, of Caruthersville and the late Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Hodge, of Blytheville. She is a graduate of Caruthersville High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in music from the University of Mississippi...

Lake City Mayor Cameron Tate and council members discussed options for a wastewater project at a special called meeting on Monday, Sept. 11. Council members present included Brenda Hutcheson, Kate Wells, Tommy Eakins, Harmony Cash, Jake Emery and Jay Davis...

Arkansas Northeastern College is calling all young talents in Mississippi County schools. ANC will present the ANC Youth Music Challenge for students in sixth-12th grade. Students can show case their musical prowess by playing an instrument or flaunting their vocal skills...

Alexis Messex of Manila is using her skills to paint the front window of Farmers Market in Manila. Messex is a student at Arkansas Northeastern College studying criminal justice. She said she has been drawing and painting since she was six years old. She decided to do a patriotic theme...

BLYTHEVILLE— Tuesday afternoon Retail Strategies Kam South and Jack Blankenship met with local leaders on the Arkansas Northeastern Campus to give an update on the progress they have made since being hired last September. According to South, 98% of retail is considered a small business and 25%of jobs within the United States are considered retail businesses...

GOSNELL— The Gosnell City Council met for their monthly meeting Tuesday night where they passed Ordinance 323 to change IT services from Allied IT to Net-work Services. Present at the meeting were Mayor Jason Taylor, Councilman Johnny Pate, Councilman Steve Ledbetter, and Councilman Richard Brown...

The Blytheville Police Department needs the public’s help in locating Andrew Henry, 48, of Blytheville. Thursday, a search warrant was executed on Henry's home at 606 South Franklin in Blytheville. Officers seized more than one half pound of methamphetamine, two pounds of marijuana, 108 fentanyl pills, 194 hydrocodone pills, 58 grams of ecstasy (pills and power), 57 morphine pills, 54 clonazepam pills, one gram of powder cocaine, a loaded handgun, and a tactical styled semi-automatic shotgun...

On Sept. 12, detectives with the Blytheville Police Department made an additional arrest stemming from a 2022 homicide and shooting incident. Warrants were issued against a juvenile who subsequently surrendered to detectives at the Police Department. The name of the subject arrested will not be released due to the age of the subject. The juvenile appeared in court on Sept. 13 for arraignment. This brings the total arrested in this case to three, all juveniles...