Stories from Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Seven Buffalo Island Central cheerleaders have been named All American. The group of seven BIC students are packing their bags for a trip to Orlando, Fla., where they will join over 600 other cheerleaders from across the country in the 2013 Christmas Parade at Disney...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

So it looks like the new overpass is going to be brown. The new coloring appeared sometime over the last week or so. Those in the industry apparently refer to it as a "tex-coat."

Local TRiO offices located on the Arkansas Northeastern College campuses in Blytheville and Osceola will be offering extended hours on Monday, Dec. 2nd until 6 p.m.

Brian and Terry Kinder performed their Kinder Music Program Monday at the Blytheville Multi-Purpose Building.

While most of the preparation leading up to Thanksgiving focuses on the meal and family gathering in, many find little to do after all the food has been eaten.

Mrs. Diana Lynn Jones, 55, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Imogene M. Casteel, 90, of Red Oak, Texas, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie, Texas.

Donald Ray Bowen departed this world on the 26th day of November, 2013 at 12:45 a.m., in Jonesboro, at the age of 75. He was born in the Macey Community on Oct. 16, 1938, to Cleburne Bowen and Juanita (Harper) Bowen. ...

Mr. Sydell Shannon, 50, of Blytheville, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at Heritage Square Nursing Home in Blytheville.

Mr. John L. Sanders, 59, of Blytheville, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Ossie B. Whirl, 76, of San Antonio, Texas, a former resident of Blytheville, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in San Antonio.

Mrs. Geraldine Langley Leifheit, 74, of Manila, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Geraldine T. Leifheit, 74, of Manila, Ark., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at the St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Born in Blytheville, Ark., she was the daughter of the late William and Ina Edward Langley. ...