Stories from Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

When you really think about it, everything we have, everything we experience, everything that exists around us is a blessing.

Tuesday afternoon, officers with the Blytheville Police Department arrested Jamie Harris of Memphis.

Last fall, before taking office, Blytheville City Councilmen John Musgraves and Stan Parks began thinking of ways to clean up the city.

Arkansas Department of Education coordinator Hazel Burnett will meet with the Armorel School Board this fall to discuss the district's fiscal distress situation.

Local retailers had a successful weekend during the first-ever tax holiday in the state of Arkansas, which took place Aug. 6 and 7.

Blytheville Major James Sanders recently hosted a meeting for all Mississippi County mayors, in which developments from each of the county's cities were discussed.

With the start of school right around the corner preparation for the new year has begun. This year faculty members from local high schools, as well as faculty from Arkansas Northeastern College, will be receiving some additional preparation.

A plane is pictured getting ready to leave the Arkansas Aeroplex. This photo was submitted by sydney.

This photo shows storm clouds gathering over the Arkansas Aeroplex. The photo was submitted by sydney.

Main Street Blytheville hosted a concert by Danny Cox and the Gypsies Saturday night at the Greyhound Bus Station.

Mrs. Patricia Ann "Bass" Anderson, 43, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, in her home.

William Cornelius Arnold Sr., 71, of Rector, formerly of the Blytheville area, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, in Rector.

Mr. Eddie Sylvester Bridges, 60, of Gosnell, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at his home.

Mr. Gary Wade Cagle, 57, of Manila, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

Mr. Robert Clyde "Buck" Godsey Jr., 63, of Osceola, entered into rest Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011.

Virginia Richardson Jones, 73, of Smithville, formerly of the Blytheville area, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at her home in Smithville.

Mr. William Archie Johnson, 89, of Osceola, died of heart failure Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at the Manila Nursing Home.

Virginia Richardson Jones, 73, of Smithville, formerly of the Blytheville area, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at her home in Smithville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cobb Funeral Home.

Mrs. Erma Jewel Cain McDonald, 100, of Blytheville, passed from this life Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mr. James Clifford Mosley, 65, of Luxora, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, in his home.

The 3-year-old Senath youth who disappeared along with her bicycle on Saturday afternoon is still missing, according to authorities.

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Police officials in Southaven, Miss., have located a 70-year-old woman who was last seen Friday in Caruthersville.