Stories from Saturday, December 2, 2023

BLYTHEVILLE — Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, several members of the cabinet and state legislators Sen. Dave Wallace and Rep. Joey Carr toured the facilities at Nucor-Yamato Steel Thursday as her first stop of the day as she pronounced Thursday, Nov. 30, as Blytheville the state capital of Arkansas...

Main Street Blytheville was presented a Public Art Grant from Marty Rawl, Director of Arkansas Heritage, and Debra Fithen, Arkansas Heritage Grants Manager. The mural will be painted by Sabrina Shourd and placed on the outside wall at Grass Roots Salon, owned by Adria Belford, this spring...

Kimberly Rhodes of Nucor Steel Hickman and Ashley Kroll of Nucor Yamato Steel attended this week’s Gosnell School Board meeting along with Gosnell Elementary’s 5th grade students Graden McGuirt, Wendoly Lara and Eli Johnson. The young Pirates read essays about their experiences on their recent Arkansas 4-H Center trip and presented thank you cards for Nucor’s sponsorship of the trip for the last 25 years. (School District Photo)...

In a special called meeting on Tuesday, Leachville City Council members discussed purchasing a new truck for the police department and a pump for the water department. Mayor Rodney Robertson called the meeting to order informing the council that a 1500 Ram SSV, crew cab 4x4 is available at Red River Dodge at a cost of $40,015...

Retirement celebration was held at the Blytheville Public Library for its branch manager, Mary Razor, on Thursday morning. Razor has been at the Blytheville Public Library for 43 years.

In a significant stride towards promoting workplace safety and enhancing the skills of its workforce, Arkansas Northeastern College Solutions Group recently announced three of its instructors have earned certification as OSHA General Industry trainers. ...

Little Rock, AR- State Representative Johnny Rye from District 36 presented checks to community organizations in his district in November. Nettleton Schools, Bay School District, Trumann Schools, and East Poinsett County School all received a grant from the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders toured the NUCOR-Yamato Steel Mill Thursday morning along with her staff, Blytheville Mayor Melisa Logan, State Senator Dave Wallace and State Rep. Joey Carr. (Photo By Joseph Fondren)

Local teen wins pageant - Hayden Jenkins, of Gosnell, was recently crowned 2024 Miss Northeast Arkansas Outstanding Teen. Jenkins has chosen “Get Empowered with Special Olympics” as her Community Service Initiative. Jenkins stated she has chosen this platform because she believes in creating a more unified community where everyone, regardless of abilities or disabilities, can feel included...