Stories from Friday, January 18, 2013

The Caraway Lions Club had a very good Christmas this year and thanks to the support of the community was able to help others have a better Christmas. "Our parade was nice and we appreciated everyone who took a part in it," Bernard Berry, Lion Club member, said...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Linda Jo Henson, 60, of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Great River Medical Center.

The Rev. Willie Lee Davis, 79, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Mr. Harold Gene Perkins, 76, of Blytheville, passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Great River Medical Center.

I'm not sure, but I think this last weekend was the first time My Dear Sweet Sainted Wife ever abandoned me to go off on one of her trips to the realm of granddaughters and took the dogs with her as well.

The Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport Authority is being faced with up to $25,000 of "out of pocket" expenses to satisfy some last-minute requests for the facility's new tenant, Flowers Bakery Company.

A man was killed Friday morning when his pickup truck slid off Highway 18 at Big Lake, crashing into the waters below and becoming submerged.