Stories from Monday, April 13, 2015

Woodrow Henry, 85, of Manila died Saturday April 11, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. A lifelong Manila resident, Woodrow was the son of the late Charley and Goldia Fleeman Henry and was a 1949 graduate of Manila High School. ...

Howard Reeves, 93 of Monette, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 13, 1922, in Monette to Clarence M. and Hettie Birmingham Reeves. He and his wife Suda owned and operated Reeves' Grocery Store for 29 years in Monette. ...

The Bean Fest was a great success. We want to thank everyone who baked cakes and cornbread, cooked beans and helped serve.

I was fixing lunch after church on Sunday when hubby Steve came into the kitchen. "You have to come out and look at this," he said.

Woodrow Henry, 85, of Manila, died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Blytheville police are investigating a stabbing at a home on Hearn Street around 3 a.m. Sunday.

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

A man was robbed a gunpoint in the 700 block of South Clark Friday, after apparently trying to buy a phone he saw for sale on Facebook.

Otto S. Gordon, 85, of Blytheville, passed from this life on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Great River Medical Center.

A'Tayshia Woods, 2 months old, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis.

A group of concerned citizens gathered Monday evening to address the Blytheville City Council's police and fire committee regarding a recent upswing in crime in their neighborhood.

Armorel continues to prepare for a busy couple of weeks in May as the school district is set to host a number of softball and baseball tournaments.

Blytheville's Jamal Washington signed a Letter Of Intent to attend Shawnee Community College next fall on a baseball scholarship.

Armorel Key Club members Nash Winters, Payton Lannon and Andrea FitzPatrick help David Lytle and the Blytheville Kiwanis Club with their annual Pancake Breakfast Saturday at Blytheville Elementary School.

Carter's Corner, owned and operated by Bill and Sherry Carter, is opening up its secondary location in Blytheville.