Stories from Saturday, June 1, 2013

If you haven't heard, a Newbern, Tenn., man is being held in an Arkansas jail for poisoning three horses, and a friend of mine is nursing a broken heart.

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

The hiring freeze/personnel committee of the Mississippi County Quorum Court gave approval Friday for county assessor Harley Bradley to promote one person in his office from deputy clerk to chief deputy assessor, and then to hire a replacement for the clerk spot. However, the moved sparked some debate amongst the committee over its purpose and function in saving the county money...

Mrs. Bette Jo Ann Galloway, 82, of Paragould, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Manila to Marion Loyd and Edith Esther McWilliams Dyer, she was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith...

Mr. James Andrew Kilgore, 53, of Trumann, died of heart failure Friday, May 31, 2013, in Trumann. Born Dec. 26, 1959, in Marked Tree, he was a mechanic and a Pentecostal. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Jo Kilgore and Dorothy Kilgore; and two brothers, David Wayne Kilgore and Danny Jo Kilgore...

Mr. Frederick Pierson, 74,of Evansville, Ind., formerly of Caseyville, Ky., died on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Cypress Grove Rehabilitation Center in Newburgh, Ind. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran who served in the Korean War. He retired from Alcoa Aluminum Co...

Waves of severe weather have been sweeping across the mid-south throughout the early summer, but a few simple steps can minimize damage should a tornado or other severe storm strike. The most important part of severe weather preparedness is an alert system. For city residents, tornado sirens are not always loud enough to reach every home or to wake a family up should they go off in the middle of the night, and residents of rural areas are on their own completely when it comes to early warning...

The pond at Walker Park is going to be closed to all fishing activities for 30-days starting Monday, June 3, in an attempt to give the newly released Tilapia fish a chance to "do what they do," a suggestion provided by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission as a way to help revitalize the pond...