Stories from Friday, January 22, 2016

Friday morning, Blytheville police encouraged residents to stay off the roads if possible. "The roads are very slick," Blytheville assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson said. "We are encouraging citizens to stay home if they can. All non-emergency city personnel will not work today."...

At around 9 a.m. Friday, there were approximately 448 Entergy customers without power in the Blytheville area, and another 1,700 in Monette and Manila, according to Entergy spokesman Matt Faries. "We're not at a point where we can make a prediction," when power will be restored, he said...

The City of Blytheville's budget will wait until next week to be passed, after council finance committee members agreed Thursday night to delay the vote while they gather more information about the possibility of funding the golf course and some firefighters through August of 2016 instead of cutting them completely...

Vivian Perkins, 87, of Luxora, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Carolyn Jean Fuller, 57, of Blytheville, formerly of Hughes, died Monday, Jan. 18 at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro. She is survived by her mother, Georgia Mae Patterson-Wilborn of Hughes; One daughter, Shaska Fuller of Blytheville; Two sons, Maurice Fuller of Hughes and Shawn Fuller of Blytheville;...

Early Wednesday morning, while local law enforcement officers and medical personnel were busy working multiple accidents at numerous locations, including all along Interstate 55, Arkansas State Police Trooper First Class Todd Harris received a call from dispatch of an overturned 18-wheeler at the 28-mile marker near the Mississippi County/Crittenden County line...

Approximately 130 homes in Blytheville and approximately 500 homes in Mississippi County are still without power late Friday afternoon, due primarily to ice and high winds that area residents experienced Thursday night and Friday morning. Those Blytheville residents without power live primarily on the east side of the city and those powerless homes in the county are found mostly south of Blytheville near the cities of Keiser and Joiner...

By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News Area basketball teams were forced to reschedule Thursday and Friday night basketball games this week because of the Winter storm that blasted the area Thursday night. Gosnell will host Cave City Saturday night at the Gosnell Physical Education Center. Tip off begins at 4 p.m. with junior girls followed by senior girls, junior boys and senior boys...