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John Wesley Moore Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
John Wesley Moore Jr., 56, of Leachville, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.
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Dorothy Hyde
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Dorothy Hyde, 82, of Blytheville, departed this life Friday, March 13, 2015, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.
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Betty Lou Roe
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Mrs. Betty Lou Roe, 87, a longtime Leachville resident and widow of Mr. Finis Roe, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
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Ralph Edmond Barton Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Ralph Edmond Barton Jr., 60, of Leachville, died Friday, March 13, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.
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Dorothy Penter
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Dorothy Penter, 84, of Lake City, died Friday, March 13, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.
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Audy "Jr" Moore
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Audy "Jr" Moore passed from this life Saturday, March 14, 2015.
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Shelter Stories -- 3/16/15
(Community News ~ 03/16/15)
Carissa is a 2-month-old baby girl who has three brothers -- two brown and white and one black and white. Mom is a 25-pound Norfolk Terrier and with their short stubby legs; dad may have been smaller. They have been wormed and had their first vaccination, paper trained and lots of fun -- petfinder.com to see this family...
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Signs of spring are all around
(Column ~ 03/16/15)
I was bringing my German Shepherd puppy Jingle inside for the last time Friday night when I heard something I had not heard since November: the frogs were singing in the rain-flooded ditches.
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Lawson Enderson
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Lawson Enderson, 95, of Sherwood, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Sherwood Nursing Home in Sherwood, Arkansas.
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Chitwood: Website designed to lure residents to area
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Blytheville-area business leaders got an update on county economic development projects from economic developer Clif Chitwood during Monday's luncheon of the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Ralph Edmond Barton, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Ralph Edmond Barton, Jr., 60, of Leachville, died Friday, March 13, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. A Newport native, he was the son of the late Ralph and Vennie Davis Barton and had been a Leachville resident for many years. He was active in the community and had served as a first responder and volunteer fireman...
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John Wesley Moore, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
John Wesley Moore, Jr., 56, of Leachville died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born May 2, 1958, in Kennett, Mo., to the late John Wesley and Rita Baker Moore, he had been a lifelong resident of the Leachville-Manila areas. John was a 1976 graduate of Manila High School and was a retired machinist...
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Blytheville Police reports 3-16
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department.
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Dorothy Brewer Penter
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Dorothy Brewer Penter, 84, of Lake City, died Friday, March 13, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Feb. 6, 1931, in the Hackberry community, near Caraway, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Davis and Meda Ragsdale Harlan and was a 1949 graduate of Caraway Central High School. ...
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Harold Edward Posey, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Harold Edward Posey Sr., 78, of Leachville, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, at the Phil and Flo Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Harold was born Nov. 21, 1936, in Steele, Mo., and graduated from Wardell High School in 1955. ...
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Betty Roe
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Betty Lou Roe, 87, longtime Leachville resident and widow of Finis Roe, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born Sept. 4, 1927, in Caraway, she was the daughter of the late Welzie and Emma Smith Houchin and was a 1944 graduate of Lepanto High School. ...
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J.B. Simpson
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
J.B. Simpson, 86, of Manila, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born April 6, 1928, in Calhoun City, Miss., he had been a Manila area resident for over 80 years and was the son of the late William Morris and Clara Harrellson Simpson. ...
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John Keith Haynes
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
John Keith Haynes, 58, of Jacksonville, was called home on Friday, March 6, 2015.
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Peggy Walls
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Mrs. Peggy Walls, 68, of Blytheville, passed from this life on Friday, March 13, 2015, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis.
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Tommie James Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Tommie James Jr., 81, of Blytheville, peacefully finished his earthly journey on Saturday, March 7, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Blytheville.
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Founder of ambulance company arrested
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
James Carl Pafford, 71, of Hope, was arrested last week in a sexual abuse case involving a 12-year-old male.
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Louise Johnson White
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Louise Johnson White, 85, of Osceola, died of heart failure on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Monette Manor Nursing Home.
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Lady Chicks lose softball opener to Newport
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Blytheville Lady Chickasaws opened the year with a 21-5 loss Monday night to the Newport Lady Greyhounds in five innings at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex.
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Blytheville comes up just short in baseball opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Blytheville Chickasaws came up just short of a win in their season opener, losing a tight one on the road to Obion County, Tennessee, 1-0.
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Armorel cruises past Maynard in baseball opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Armorel Tigers plated nine runs in the bottom of the third inning and took advantage of five Maynard errors on their way to an 18-0 shutout of the Maynard Tigers in three innings Monday night.
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Armorel girls top cross-town rival Gosnell, 12-5
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/15)
Armorel used a seven-run second inning to push past the Gosnell Lady Pirates on their way to a 12-5 victory at Gosnell Monday night.
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Wanted suspect found in Iowa jail
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
A Luxora man wanted for aggravated robbery and aggravated residential burglary was found last week to be already incarcerated in Souix City, Iowa, and awaits release before extradition to Mississippi County.
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Hospital system looking to add staff
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Mississippi County Hospital Systems is looking to recruit a new nurse-midwife, as well as a family/pediatric physician to help with hospital patients, according to CEO Ralph Beaty's report to the system's board on Monday.
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Armorel to make up days at end of year
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Although the weather outside Monday was sunny and warm, a main topic of discussion at Monday night's Armorel school board meeting was on the recent wave of winter weather that knocked out nearly two whole weeks of the school year in a month's time.
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Gosnell tops Manila to open season 1-0
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Gosnell Pirates opened the year on a high note thanks to an 11-1 win over the Manila Lions Monday night.
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