Stories from Monday, October 19, 2015

Janis Mitchell, 71, of Manila, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at Great River Medical Center. Mrs. Mitchell was born March 18, 1944, in Newark to the late Roy and Mable Hodges Hamilton. Mrs. ...

Wilborn Thomas Kirby, 76, of Black Oak went to be with The Lord Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at his home. He was born May 8, 1939, in Leachville to the late Ethel and George Kirby. He was a member of Mt. ...

Judith Diann Love, 63, of Leachville, passed from this life Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Monette to the late Ephriam and Estell Gooch Ward, she was raised in Blytheville and was a 1970 graduate of Blytheville High School. ...

Police are awaiting an autopsy of a three-month old who died Friday. Though considered a death investigation, Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson said there were no signs to indicate it was a homicide, and he said police aren't conducting interviews at this time, as they wait for the autopsy...

Blytheville police are investigating a missing city of Blytheville Wastewater Department truck. According to the police report, a Wastewater Department employee noticed his Wastewater truck missing in the 1200 block of Hearn, Saturday morning, when he was about to go to work...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Friday, Oct. 16 -- Police investigated a burglary in the 1100 block of East Cherry. Two televisions were reported missing. -- Officers investigated a burglary in the 1300 block of West Walnut. A hot water heater was reported missing...

Capehart Housing, located on the former Blytheville Air Force Base, has been awarded a place on the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program registry as well as the National Registry of Historic Places. The housing district has played a large role historically for the area...

Ms. Deanna Beach, 53, of Leachville, died Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Annette Edwards Beach and had been an area resident for most of her life. She was a 1980 graduate of Leachville High School and was a member of the Leachville Second Baptist Church...

Mrs. Deborah Jean Anderson White, 57, of Blytheville, died Monday, October 12, 2015 at her home. Born June 15, 1958, in Luxora, to the late Albert Thomas, Sr. and the late Leada Garner Thomas, she was a homemaker. Mrs. White leaves her husband, Lovelee White of Blytheville;...

Mrs. Judith Diann Love, 63, of Leachville, passed from this life, Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Monette to the late Ephriam and Estell Gooch Ward, she was raised in Blytheville and was a 1970 graduate of Blytheville High School. ...

Ayden Michael Sutherland, 17 months, of Tyronza, died on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 in Tyronza. He was born May 18, 2014 in West Memphis to Blake Sutherland and Holly Ann Lewis Sutherland, both of Tyronza. Ayden leaves his parents, Blake Sutherland and Holly Ann Lewis Sutherland;...

Ms. Mary Lowe, 78, of Osceola, passed from this life on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.