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Photo of Jumper carrying child goes viral, makes Good Morning America
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
A photo of Blytheville School District facilities director Randy Jumper carrying a small child while wading in water has gone viral and caught the attention of Good Morning America. The photo taken Monday on Tennessee Street appeared on Good Morning America, Tuesday...
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Verla Eudora “Sunny” Ray Crane
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Verla Eudora “Sunny” Ray Crane, 96, of Blytheville passed from this life on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born to Guy H. and Amy Vivian Crouch Ray in Sullivan, Ill., on Feb. 1, 1923, she was owner of Crane Farms, located in Central Illinois and a member of the First Christian Church in Blytheville. Sunny was a resident of Blytheville for the past 58 years. She grew up in Shelbyville, Ill., and married her husband, Jean MacRae Crane, on March 11, 1945...
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Joyce Harvey
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Joyce Harvey was born April 12, 1966, in Blytheville, to the late Edgar Harvey and Ruthie Thomas Harvey. Joyce departed this life on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 52. She was preceded in death by her parents...
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Hattie Lee Lewis
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Hattie Lee Lewis was born Sept. 20, 1948, in Blytheville to the late Hattie Lee Sweet Lewis and the late Lemon Crawford, Sr. She was a caretaker for Abilities Unlimited and was a member of New St. Paul M.B. Church in Blytheville. Mrs. Lewis passed away on Feb. 8, 2019, at her home in Blytheville and the age of 70...
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Terry Calvin Marshall
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Terry Calvin Marshall was born on June 23, 1955, to the late Willie and Toretha Marshall of Blytheville. Terry attended Harrison High School of Blytheville and later after integration Blytheville High School. He was a member of the class of 1973. He was full of love and admiration for his family, friends and loved ones. ...
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Ralph Myrick
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Ralph Myrick, 84, of Blytheville, passed from this life Monday February 11, 2019. He was born and raised in Tomato, Arkansas to Earl and Ella May Myrick. Ralph was a Razorback fan and enjoyed the St. Louis Cardinals. He also served his country for 6 years in the Army. He was retired from Bush Bros. Canning after 36 years. He loved yard work. Ralph will always be remembered for being such a great father and grandfather...
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Charles Louis McWaters
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Charles Louis McWaters passed away February 8, 2019. He was born in Blytheville in 1950 to Charles and Baneeta McWaters. Louis graduated Columbia Military Academy, Ouachita Baptist College, Arkansas State University and Southern College of Optometry. He practiced Optometry in areas throughout Northeast Arkansas before settling in North Little Rock. Louis was a pianist, and loved listening to music and playing golf...
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Craighead County facility gaining traction
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
JONESBORO — A facility to treat mental health patients and keep them out of jail is gaining traction within the community as Craighnead County Judge Marvin Day announced the first donation toward the project. Day said Mike Cameron, owner of Associated Engineering of Jonesboro, had offered to donate his company's services for the crisis stabilization unit to be constructed this year near the county jail. ...
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Flooding leads to school cancellations, damage
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
Because flooding throughout northeast Arkansas, five schools — Blytheville, KIPP Blytheville, Manila, Rivercrest and Riverside — were closed on Tuesday. While Buffalo Island Central only ran buses on highway routes. Heavy rains began over the weekend and continued through Monday, dumping several inches of water throughout the area and making some local roads dangerous...
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Clinton speaks at ASU
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
JONESBORO— Former President Bill Clinton addressed a nearly packed house at the Fowler Center at Arkansas State University, Monday night. Clinton, who is 72, told the crowd that the time he grew up in was much different than today. He said that growing up in Hope, Ark., he promised himself when he was young that he’d never become a “cranky old men”...
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Voters approve tax extension
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
Mississippi County voters approved the extension of the 1/2-cent hospital tax on Tuesday, with the two measures each winning 71.79 percent of the vote. Ordinance 1 passed 980-385, while Ordinance 2 was approved 1,005-395. Voters had to approve both measures in order to split the tax between the Mississippi County Hospital System and projects at the Blytheville and Osceola courthouses. ...
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