Stories from Friday, February 3, 2017

Jonesboro -- Elizabeth "Liz" Carmichael, 67, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. Liz was born Oct. 9, 1949, in Caraway to the late Ollie and Laura Brooks Boyd. She was a retired cosmetologist of 50 years and retired in 2016 from NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital of 20 years. ...

Silsbee, Texas -- Memorial services for Jewel Porter "JP" White, 93, of Silsbee will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee, Texas. Mr. White passed away Feb. 1, 2017, at his residence in Silsbee. ...

Mr. James E. "Jim" Hutson, 75, of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis. Jim was born in Galesburg, Illinois to Byron and Virginia (Walker) Hutson. He was retired from Nucor Yamato where he was a heavy equipment operator and was affiliated with Jesus Name Pentecostal Church. ...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police arrested Christopher Harrington, 29, on charges of assault, criminal trespass, failure to appear and parole violation in the 900 block of South Ruddle. The report said the victim found an unknown white male, Harrington, lying down in his bedroom. ...

Ms. Virgie Lee Strop, 75, of Steele, Missouri, passed away February 1, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Virgie was born in Blytheville to W.M. and Ruby (Brown) Vernon. She was a homemaker and loved to crochet. She never met a stranger. Virgie loved everyone and took care of anyone that needed her. She especially loved her grandchildren...

Justice Neil Burge called a meeting of the Mississippi County Sanitation Committee Thursday afternoon because county expenses regarding leachate hauling "needs immediate attention." The Landfill Department's January expenses for leachate hauling was $41,739. The entire amount budgeted for 2017 is budgeted for $90,000. He also added that there was $7,985 in expenses paid during January for hauling in December...

ARMOREL -- The Armorel Tigers defeated the Maynard Tigers, 60-33, in a 1A/2A-East conference contest on the AHS Senior Night, Friday night. The Armorel Tigers were led by junior standout Monroe Carr who finished off the night with a big double-double night in which he had game-high 20 points and collected 20 rebounds...

JONESBORO -- The Gosnell Pirates dropped a 63-44 decision to Westside, Friday night. The Pirates fell behind 14-4 in the first quarter and 32-17 at halftime. They outscored Westside 18-17 in the third quarter. Tramaine Anderson led Gosnell with 11 points, while Rodale Jones added 10...

The Blytheville Chickasaws went on a 17-4 run in the final four minutes of Friday night's 5A/6A-East conference game with Wynne, completing a season sweep of the Yellowjackets, 58-47, at Chickasaw Gym. Blytheville's Josh Richardson scored 14 of his game-high 20 in the second half, as the Chicks pulled away late...

JONESBORO -- The Gosnell Junior Pirates capped a 20-win regular season with a 48-30 victory over host Westside, Friday night. The Junior Pirates are now 20-4 overall and finished 12-2 in conference play. They will take the top seed into next week's District Tournament...