Stories from Thursday, March 22, 2012

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Gloria Jean Williams, 55, of Joiner, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center in Osceola.

Mr. Elder Albert Veasley Sr., 102, of Blytheville, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Williamsburg, Va.

Mr. John Hill Rosamond, 68, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, March 18, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Mrs. Golda Lee Fowler, 86, of Steele, died Tuesday, Mardh 20, 2012, at Riveroaks Care Center in Steele.

Maurice Duval Calvert, 57, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in Blytheville.

Thank you, David, for embracing my vision of bringing our town together through man's best friends, our dogs. Friends from Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi and Missouri have joined we Blythevillians in bringing Sweet Tea to reality. The items that have come are amazing...

The Northeast Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for volunteers interested in having fun while raising funds to ensure services are provided to those in our region.

The North Mississippi County Relay for Life will be meeting at 5:15 p.m. Monday at the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

County and city officials are meeting again at the end of the month to try and settle the issue of Blytheville delinquent jail fees owed to the county.

Cleanup crews are at work today at Great River Medical Center, where a broken water line flooded the entire emergency room department Wednesday night.

Officers with the Blytheville Police Department responded Thursday afternoon to the shooting of an 18-year-old Blytheville man.