Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Many of you will recognize the old 10-foot cotton sack hanging at the museum. I remember my first cotton sack and how proud I was. The first thing I did was write my name at the top with those purple, finger-staining poke berries...

Manila Lions Club held their annual installation of officers/banquet at the B&B Restaurant in Monette on Monday night, June 24. Special guests for the event were spouses of the Lion Club and the Manila Business Women and their guests. ...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mr. Ronnie Lee Miller, 58, of Blytheville, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Among holidays, there are few better than the Fourth of July.

Questions have been raised about the county's usage of money formerly sitting in an account for usage by the county school supervisor, a position which was dissolved by the state of Arkansas.

Independence Day is a day of celebration and fun, but Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson is urging citizens to refrain from shooting off fireworks within the city limits.

Eventually, the city of Blytheville may need a new municipal airport facility.

The Blytheville Fire Department played defense Wednesday as a vacant house at 1925 Sycamore St. burned. Fire Chief Mike Carney said firemen got the call Wednesday afternoon and, after determining that the house was vacant, they decided to let it burn in a controlled environment, as opposed to putting firefighters in danger trying to oust the burning building...

Julia Mae Franklin, 47, of Blytheville, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Jonesboro.

Dianne Belks, 38, of Blytheville, died Friday, June 28, 2013, in Blytheville.

The Blytheville officers involved in the shooting death of 30-year-old Terrence Dawson are back on administrative leave, following a decision from Mayor James Sanders.