Stories from Thursday, September 22, 2011

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

Pauline Parrish, 82, of Monette passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 6, 1929, in Monette to the late Bud and Bessie Davidson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church...

Mr. Deaunta Raheem Spencer, 20, of Carbondale, Ill., died Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011, at the Carbondale Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.

Mr. Odell Shields Jr., 53, of Blytheville, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Blytheville.

Mrs. Sharon Denise James, 36, of Osceola, died of heart failure Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, at her residence.

Mrs. Dorothy Downing Holmes, 87, of West Memphis, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at Broadway Health Care Center in West Memphis.

Mr. Charles Robert Hinson, while surrounded by his dear family and friends in his home, passed peacefully to be with our Lord Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011.

Mr. Walter Tilman Duncan, 77, of Blytheville entered into rest Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Dorothy Austin, 82, of Blytheville, died early today at Phil and Flo Jones Hospice in Jonesboro.

The clock is ticking on the city of Blytheville. The Internal Revenue Service will only wait so long on the $3.2 million the city owes in back payroll taxes.

Susan Scott of Blytheville and Malcom Mathis II of St. Louis are planning an Oct. 29 wedding in St. Louis.

Mama Llama (in red pajamas) visited Blytheville Primary School on Sept. 16. She was accompanied by Ms.Victoria from That Bookstore in Blytheville, who read two stories about Mama Llama and her baby. Their visit was sponsored by the Education Committee of the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce and TBIB...

Airplanes are seen through the fog at the Arkansas Aeroplex on a recent morning. Photo contributed by Sydney.

Your favorite Disney characters are hitting the ice and touring the country in "Mickey and Minnie's Magical Journey." The show, presented by Disney on Ice, will be Friday-Sunday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.

Barbara Williams, unit director with For Every Home, recently announce that for the fourth year, local merchants have partnered with For Every Home to donate "Hope for a Cure" candles to Great River Medical Center's mammography department.

This weekend, Blytheville will host the Fifth Annual Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base Reunion. The event is for anyone who was stationed at the base, worked there as a civilian or had family there, or any locals who are interested in the base and its history.

Traffic was down to two lanes Thursday morning on Highway 18 east of Blytheville, as officers and emergency medical personnel dealt with an accident. According to officers on scene, two cars collided when one pulled out of a side street into oncoming traffic...

The Gosnell Pirates look to make it three wins in a row Friday night as they head to Poplar Bluff, Mo. to take on the Poplar Bluff Mules. The Pirates (2-1) are coming off an impressive, 21-7, over defending 3A state champion Rivercrest Colts. The win snapped the Colts' 17- game winning streak...

All week, Blytheville head coach Maurice Moody has game-planned for a player he once coached. Moody and the Chicks travel to Wynne Friday night to open 5A-East play with former Earle running back Josh Selvy and the Yellowjackets, who, like the Chicks, are expected to contend for a conference playoff spot this season...

Thunder Bayou Golf Links superintendent Jeff Haskins is still employed with the city of Blytheville, but likely not for long.

James Gregory, who was recently arrested and charged with terroristic threatening, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Marion.