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🌱 Large Blytheville drug bust leads to two arrests and high bonds

Blytheville, Arkansas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Blytheville! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Large Blytheville drug bust leads to two arrests and high bonds
  • How will a new Highway 61 mobile home park reshape Blytheville?
  • Why a new Blytheville fund sparked a fiery clash at City Hall

Also on today's calendar: Cupcake Decorating for Kids (Blytheville) ....

Today's riddle: What do you call a pile of kittens? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 83, low: 65.
  • Monday: Mostly cloudy and not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two arrested in execution of search warrant (neatowncourier.com) — Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on North 22nd Street in Blytheville, seizing multiple types of illegal drugs and distribution materials. Two Blytheville residents were arrested, face several felony narcotics charges, and are being held on substantial cash bonds after appearing in district court.
   

• Blytheville Planning Commission approves rezoning for Highwa... (neatowncourier.com) — Blytheville’s Planning Commission has approved rezoning for 5041 Highway 61 to allow a proposed mobile home park, moving the project forward despite two dissenting votes. Developers say they’re targeting long-term leases to help address the area’s housing shortage, with detailed site plans still to come back before the commission.
   

• Blytheville Finance Committee advances Community Benefit Fun... (neatowncourier.com) — Blytheville leaders are debating a new Community Benefit Fund that would hold industry contributions separately from the city’s general budget and dedicate them to economic development projects. A tense finance committee meeting saw Mayor Melisa Logan and Councilmember RL Jones clash over transparency and control, but the ordinance still advanced to the full council.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A meowtain. (Thank you Michelle M. for sending it in!)
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