Stories from Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Billy J. Williams, 81, of Blytheville, passed from this life Monday, July 14, 2014, at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

Vickye Darlene Cook, 45, of Bassett, died July 15, 2014, in Bassett.

O.V. Doss, 75, of Osceola, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis.

Billy James Orr Sr., 65, passed away July 8, 2014.

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, will accept applications for its Main Street Arkansas "Slipcover" Removal and Downtown Revitalization Grant programs through Aug. 11.

Laura Martin (right) sent Priscilla Pittman with Alzheimer's Arkansas (left) a check for $697.99. The money was raised during a recent production of the play "On Golden Pond," which Martin directed.

The Blytheville Rotary Club recently donated food items to the Blytheville Area Food Pantry.

Dylan Riley, 9, will be making his first appearance at That Bookstore in Blytheville at 4 p.m. Saturday. Dylan is a fourth-grade student at Cooter High School and is the son of Scotty and Aleyna Riley of Steele, and the grandson of Danny and Barbara Lacer of Huffman and Donnie and Sherry Riley of Steele...

Well friends, I come to you this week asking for a little advice. It's time for Ashley and I to make a major change in Caroline's life, and so far it isn't going well.

Two of the city's three wholesale water customers lobbied against a proposed rate hike during Tuesday's Blytheville City Council meeting.

A proposed hiring freeze failed to receive the needed two-thirds majority to pass during Tuesday night's Blytheville City Council meeting, coming up one vote short.

Mr. Jeffery Olen Wilson, 59, of Caruthersville, died Monday, July 14, 2014, in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Louise Kenchens, 84, of Leachville, widow of Chestine Kenchens, died Monday, July 14, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

The American Legion Zone tournament begins Friday in Jonesboro. Paragould and Mountain Home open the double-elimination tournament at 4 p.m. Friday night. The two-seeded Hardy Sales and Service Casons will play the host and three-seeded Jonesboro Riceman at 7 p.m...

Every four years, while the sports cycle is in a little bit of a dead period, the world comes together to watch a great Mid-Summer classic. No, not the MLB All-Star Game. Not the World Cup. It's not the Olympics either. Yes, it's the LeBron James Decision. In 2010 he took his "talents to South Beach." 2014, he's "going home" to Cleveland...

A frozen Parks and Recreation certificate of deposit was cashed prior to the Blytheville City Council's vote Tuesday night that prevented the $55,756.40 from being spent.