Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Monday, Aug. 3 -- Police took a report of a theft of $235 from Birch Food Services in the 4700 block of North State Highway 151. -- Police took a report of stolen copper wire at Caruthersville Cotton Warehouse in the 400 block of West McHaney...

The Blytheville Chickasaws continued preparations for the upcoming season on Wednesday. The Chicks practiced in the BHS Field House, going through drills, as they prep for the Sept. 4 season opener at Osceola...

Blytheville police arrested 28-year-old Cuteria Wheeler on second degree battery charges, following a stabbing in the 400 block of Dougan Tuesday afternoon. The condition of the victim, Jeremy Coleman, was not known at press time. Police responded to the disturbance around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, dispatching Pafford EMS to the scene...

Mark Twain said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." But, how can one travel when one is poor? How can one travel widely when one has to work all the time just to make ends meet? One may easily travel extensively through books! One can actually time travel, if they desire, every time they pick up a book. ...

Mr. Richard Townsend Rose departed this life on August 4th, 2015 at the age of 88. He was born February 13th, 1927 to the late Charles Richard and Mary Katherine Rose in Osceola, Arkansas. He lived in Blytheville most of his life and was a member of the First Christian Church...

James Wesley Green, 70, died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. The funeral service will be held Saturday, August 8, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at Meadow Brook Baptist Church with Bro. Oscar Geeslin officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Meadow Brook Baptist Church. Coleman Funeral Home of Olive Branch is in charge of arrangements...

Mrs. Rosie Lee Woolens, 75, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Heritage Square Nursing Center in Blytheville. She was born in Ridgley, Tenn., the daughter of the late Wilford Dokes and the late Mrs. Marshall Nunn Dokes. Prior to her relocation to Blytheville, she had lived in Malden, Mo., where she was employed by RidgeView Manor Home...

Mississippi County Judge Randy Carney told the CN Tuesday that his office plans to respond to a recent request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the City of Osceola "in a lawful manner with a Christian attitude." Carney told the quorum court's finance committee Tuesday afternoon that he has retained legal representation for the county in the matter of the possible county seat consolidation and new courthouse construction. ...

Mrs. Lavern Holbrooks, 87, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015, a in Etowah. Born June 10, 1928, in Pemiscot County, Mo., to the late Isaac and Mary Knight, she was reared by the Brock family. She was a member and evangelist of the Heartland Pentecostal Church of God and taught Sunday School for fifty years. She was a pastor's wife, participated in a nursing home ministry, loved to quilt, study the Bible and sing...

Blytheville Police are investigating a homicide Wednesday in the 2300 block of Carolyn. Joseph Anderson, Jr., 47, was shot to death around 10:05 a.m., according to Blytheville assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson. Anderson was transported to Great River Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. There are no suspects at this time, Jefferson said...