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Helen Virginia Wiseman
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Helen Virginia Wiseman, 49, of Senath, Mo., formerly of Leachville, passed from this life Aug. 25, 2016, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. Born in Blytheville she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Mary Ellen Kincaid Copeland and was raised in Leachville. ...
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Leachville Council votes to commit $10,000 for fire station building project
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Drake Brown with the Leachville Fire Department updated the city council on the status of the sub-station project at the Aug. 22 meeting. Brown said they have the ground and the tornado siren has been installed at the sub-station sight just off Highway 18. He gave an estimate of $50,619 for a metal 35'x60' building with a 6" concrete slab, and three overhead doors...
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Monette Council offers advice to local business
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Monecia Clark with Little Magical Minds requested aid in repairs to the building used to provide daycare for families in the surrounding area. Clark cited the need for further security and safety measures along with some maintenance issues necessary to ensure the business meets licensing requirements in the future. ...
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Pre-season football at Harrisburg
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/16)
Quarterback Patrick Tanner dives into the end zone for a score during the Lions' pre-season game at Harrisburg last Tuesday. (TC Photo/Anthony Cossey Linebacker Tyler Archer drops Gavin Casebier of Harrisburg for a loss during pre-season high school football action in Harrisburg last Tuesday. (TC Photo/Anthony Cossey)...
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Buffalo Island Relay for Life Appreciation Nite held in Manila
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Buffalo Island Relay for Life teams hosted an appreciation night Saturday, Aug. 20, honoring cancer survivors and caregivers with dinner at the Manila Airport Center...
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Leachville Harvest Festival events told
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Leachville Harvest Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 3, with all day events starting with a parade at 10 a.m. There will be gospel music, hot dog eating contest, cutest pet pageant, multimedia scavenger hunt, horseshoe tournament, lip sync battle, cake walk, water balloon toss, inflatables for the kids, old cars, poker run, train rides, Miss Mess contest, three on three basketball tournament, area bands, prizes, crafts, food, a street dance and other activities.. ...
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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson visits MHS
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Manila High School staff and students welcomed Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday, Aug. 23. MHS was on the Governor's computer coding tour of 10 schools across the state...
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Leachville hosts county mayor's luncheon
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Leachville Mayor Ralph Wells hosted the quarterly Mississippi County Mayor's luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 23. The meeting was held in the board room at city hall and was catered by Bigg Butts...
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Richard Nelson
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Richard Van Nelson, 76, of West Memphis, formerly of Blytheville, died Monday, August 29. Memorial arrangements will be announced at a later date.
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Juveniles robbed at gunpoint
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Two juvenile victims walking home from the Mississippi County Fair Saturday night were robbed by two armed thieves. According to Capt. Scott Adams, the Blytheville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Commander, as the juveniles approached the Blytheville High School campus, two offenders pulled out a gun and demanded money and their phones...
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State Rep's firm denies company tied to fatal crash in Louisiana
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Legal representation for Wallace, Rush, and Schmidt, Inc. (WRS), a firm partially owned by Arkansas State Representative Dave Wallace, told the CN Tuesday afternoon that stories circulating about the company having possibly hired multiple undocumented workers for relief efforts in Louisiana are untrue...
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Laura Lynn
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Laura (Hughes) Lynn, 67 of Rector passed from this life on August 24, 2016 at her residence. She was born July 22, 1949 to Reginald and Louise (Ray)Hughes in Blytheville, Arkansas. Her entire world was her daughter, Jodie until the grandkids came along: Hadleigh and Case. They took over then and was dearly loved by their Nanna. She was a caretaker who greatly enjoyed her neighborhood where they all looked out for each other...
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Judy Petty
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Ms. Judy Mae Petty, 66, of Manila, died Sunday, August 28,2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, Tennessee. Born June 24, 1950 in Manila, to deceased Hobert Arlen Petty and Juanita Knowlton Petty, she was a retired sales worker. In addition to her parents one daughter, Bridget Regina Kirk, preceded her in death...
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Richard Nelson
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Richard V. Nelson, 76, of Blytheville formally of West Memphis, was born March 24, 1940 the son of the late Merle E. Nelson and Roberta Johnston Nelson - Mahon. He entered into eternal rest August 29, 2016 in Jonesboro. Mr. Nelson was a veteran having proudly served his country as an aviation electrician in our United States Navy. ...
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Ann Maynard
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Ann Maynard, 83, of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Gosnell Healthcare in Gosnell. Ann was born in Lake City to Mance and Rosie (Caldwell) Kincaid. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Ann loved to take her grandchildren to the cabin in Blanchard Springs with her husband, Bo. While her children worked, she kept her grandchildren and help raise them. Ann was a great wife, mother, and Meme...
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Sheileh Foxx
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Ms. Sheileh "Bee" Foxx, 46, of North Little Rock, died on August 27, 2016, Born September 15, 1969 in Marked Tree Arkansas, to the late Luke Sanders and Rosie Lee Fox, she was a Caption team member at Wal-Mart of the Church of Christ faith. In addition to her parents she is preceeded in death by sister Helen Faye Fox and brother James Lee Fox and Donnell Fox...
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Patricia Sullins
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Patricia Lee Sullins of Marion, died Tuesday Aug. 30, 2016. Born February 25, 1947 of Dyess, AR to Chelcie Benton and Dolly Smith Benton, she was a retired waitress. In addition to her parents, she was preceeded in death by her sisters Martha Williams Petty and Dimple Young...
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Sirboner Stanley
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Mr. Sirboner Lee Stanley, 106, of Osceola died on August 25, 2016. Born September 8, 1909 of Savannah, TN to the late Elmore Alled and stepmother Roxy Allen, he was a retired cook of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by daughters, Susie Settles and Lociabae Stanley; and son James Edward Robertson; one sister, and two brothers...
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Officers arrest two after shooting
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Two local men were arrested in connection with a shooting on Tuesday morning. According to Blytheville Criminal Investigations Division Commander Capt. Scott Adams, Devon Rainey and 20-year-old Raheem Dixon face several charges in the incident. Dixon is being charged with possession of firearm by certain person and fleeing and will be arraigned in Blytheville District Court on Wednesday...
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Gosnell beats state, national average in several categories
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Gosnell students fared well on the ITBS and ACT/Aspire tests last school year. Gosnell High School principal Len Whitehead and Gosnell Elementary principal Dr. Deborah Wammack presented their students' results to the Gosnell School Board on Monday evening...
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Armorel has good scores
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
On Tuesday night, Armorel superintendent Sally Bennett reported that the scores the students in the district received were positive compared to what the numbers were on state and national averages. "At first I wasn't happy, but then when I looked at what the rest of the state and nation did, I think we did really well." said Bennett...
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Barbaree era begins Friday
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/16)
The Gosnell Pirates look to start off the Brandon Barbaree era on Friday night against the Newport Greyhounds. The Pirates are coming off a 9-2 season under former head coach, Gary Moody. After last Tuesday's benefit game against Paragould and Marion, the Pirates hope to come out ready to go, after another week of practice. Potential starters for this week at quarterback, will either be junior, Brandon Partee or senior Tabari Herron...
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