Stories from Monday, August 3, 2015

Manila Timothy Dwayne Johnson passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Manila. He was born Sept. 30, 1965 in Manila, to Oran "Buddy" and Lucy McCain Johnson. Mr. Johnson was of the Baptist faith, he loved to hunt, fish and tinker around with things...

Blytheville police are investigating a shooting that took place around 4 p.m. Friday, which sent a man to the hospital. Markie Pena was treated and released at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, after being shot in the left leg. Police spoke to Pena at Great River Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries before being flown to The Med...

Following a foot pursuit, police arrested a man suspected of robbing the Quick Stop on East Main early Sunday morning. Corey Nelms, 18, faces charges of aggravated robbery, fleeing, obstructing governmental operations and resisting arrest. According to the police report, around 2:02 a.m., police responded to the Quick Stop for a robbery in progress, but the offender fled prior to their arrival...

Panethil Goodman, 93, widow of Paul Goodman, died August 1, 2015 in Blytheville. Born to Carl and Molly Greer Warren in Tyler, Mo., she was a retired Cook at Geriatrics' Nursing Home, and a Baptist. Panethil is survived by her daughter, Sharon Campbell Scott and her husband Bobby;...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Friday, July 31 -- Police investigated a burglary in the 500 block of South 16th. Reported missing were a television and gaming system. -- Police investigated a robbery at Sycamore and 1st Street. The report said the offender held the victim against a car and took his wallet, which had approximately $200 in cash...

The Blytheville Police Department has received at least ten different reports of businesses or individuals receiving counterfeit money in Blytheville since July 18. Most incidences involved counterfeit $10, $20 and $100 bills. There has also been one instance of a counterfeit $50 being reported. In the case of the counterfeit $100 bills, at least, all of the serial numbers were identical...

Hundreds of People gathered in Blytheville to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the end of Slavery in Texas. The Pilgrim Rest Church, on the corner of Ruddle and Main Street, was one of the sites of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. ...

Information about social services, nonprofit organizations and government agencies in Mississippi County are now available in one place with the County Resource Directory. "This a directory of services available to Mississippi County residents," Mississippi County Library System director, Kevin Barron, explained. ...

Arkansas Northeastern College's (ANC) Center for Allied Technologies project received another boost from local industry today as Tenaris has pledged $150,000 toward the College's newest project. Tenaris is a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world's energy industry and certain other industrial applications. The company expanded its presence in the United States when it acquired Maverick Tube Corporation in 2006, which included a site in Blytheville, Arkansas...

Monday, attorneys for the City of Osceola submitted extensive requests for documents to Mississippi County Judge Randy Carney. According to a release from the Little Rock law firm of McDaniel, Richardson and Calhoun, "the County Judge and a faction of the Mississippi County Quorum Court have spent at least $176,000 to purchase land and hire an architect as part of a plan to close the current courthouses in Blytheville and Osceola and build a multimillion dollar facility on that land."...