Stories from Friday, November 27, 2009

Crowds seeking bargains on what is traditionally called "Black Friday" were well-behaved today, according to spokesmen for area retail stores and the Blytheville Police Department. "Everyone was so orderly, waiting patiently in line," Brenda McDaniel, store manager at Fred's, said Friday morning...

A one vehicle accident Wednesday night left a Gosnell teenager with moderate injuries and his truck underneath a mobile home, according to Gosnell Police. At approximately 10:10 p.m., Gosnell Police received a call of a one-vehicle accident with injuries on Airbase Highway in the S-curve at Blounts Affordable Homes. ...

Two Blytheville men who are in custody in the Mississippi County Jail charged with the July 22, 2009, murder of Junior Lee Holmes, have had their Circuit Court arraignments postponed so that the prosecuting attorney's office can continue to work on the case...

Blytheville Police report no new developments in the investigation into the murder of Charlie Wimbley, 52, of Blytheville, who was shot while driving his pickup Monday night on the west side of town. Wimbley was shot while driving north on 21st street around 8 p.m. and then ran through the intersection of West Main and 21st where he then ran off the left side of the street and ran through an Entergy power pole before coming to rest in a garage building at the corner of 21st and Henley...