Stories from Thursday, August 20, 2015

The Blytheville Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Billy Dee Williams in connection to the shooting death of 20-year-old Adline King, according to Capt. Scott Adams of the Blytheville Police Department. King was shot on Anderson Street on Aug. 8 and transported by friends to the Great River Medical Center where she died from her injuries...

The Arkansas Northeastern College's Board of Trustees held their August meeting Wednesday afternoon in a remodeled, newly expanded, and fully equipped student activity center. The board met in the new conference room, as students on their third day of classes enjoyed all the new amenities and fun decor of the center, such as pool tables, video games and televisions...

Mrs. Dorotha J."Dot" Keating, 78, of Hornersville, Mo., passed away Aug. 18, 2015, at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 5, 1937 in Hornersville to the late George and Georgia Fleeman Jaco, she had been a lifetime area resident. ...

Blytheville Courier News MANILA-The Armorel Tiger golf club opened the 2015 season in a four-team tournament Monday at Manila. The boys finished second behind tournament winner, Buffalo Island Central, ahead of Manila and Riverside. Senior, Layton Clark, shot a 38 to finish third overall. Jonathan Willard (50), Jared Wyatt (51) and Peyton Winberry (53) rounded out the scoring for the Tigers...

Blytheville Courier News The Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters will hold their final registration for the upcoming Fall Ball season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, August 22 1 p.m. All players, ages 7-12 as of April 30, 2016 will be eligible to participate. Registration fee is $75...

The Blytheville Police Department is now in possession of several items left behind by a man who was recently arrested by U.S. Marshals on sex-related charges involving a minor. Brandon Hall, 39, had been staying with a friend at 913 Dixie Street when he was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 12...

Blytheville police are investigating a robbery Wednesday night that led to a man being stabbed in his right elbow. At Great River Medical Center, the victim told police he was walking at Sawyer and Elm when an unknown black male wearing a white shirt and blue jeans approached him with a knife and demanded money...