Stories from Friday, June 6, 2014

Jimmy Dale Butler, 66, of Hot Springs, passed from this life Friday, June 6, 2014, at Heritage of Hot Springs Health and Rehabilitation.

There exists an old saying that states, "Know you the truth and the truth will set you free." This letter is a question about the truth about BRGAA and its success or failure. First, I spent 26 years working for the government at the former Eaker Air Force base as an engineer. This is mentioned to indicate that I may have more detailed information concerning this facility than the normal resident living in this area...

In last week's column, I mentioned that we're moving the Franklin Press operation from its current Broadway and Ash location to the Courier News building at Broadway and Moultrie, nine blocks north.

Another expenditure is upcoming for Mississippi County -- the Quorum Court's Sanitation Committee met Thursday with a representative from its environmental consultant firm in Little Rock and learned that a new pumping system for leachate at the landfill must be purchased and installed as soon as possible.

Jess and Kathy Garner have many reasons to be grateful for their successful marriage of more than 40 years. But the one that stands out is their ability to support one another when they both faced diagnoses of cancer.

The Blytheville City Council's Airport and Utilities Committee gave its blessing to a wholesale water rate increase during Thursday night's regular monthly meeting.

As city leaders ponder how and when to spend the $550,000 Parks and Recreation CD, members of the Blytheville Parks and Recreation Committee have been presented with two matching grant opportunities.

Sweeping power outages affected portions of Blytheville and Gosnell after Thursday storm, and although many people are back up and running, officials said some people may not get power back until Saturday evening.

I could not believe my eyes. There is no way that what I saw last night in game one of the NBA Finals actually took place. No, it's not that the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat to go up 1-0 in the best of seven series. It's not that at 10:30 p.m. they were just beginning the fourth period...

Donna Jo Weathers, 55, of Manila, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at her home. Born Dec. 15, 1958, in Osceola, she was the daughter of the late Norma Faye Stone Watts and had lived most of her life in Manila. She was a retired certified nurses aide and a former employee of the Monette Manor and Manila Nursing Centers...