Stories from Monday, July 25, 2016

Mrs. Willie Miranda Vernell Minton, longtime Manila area resident, passed from this life Thursday, July 21, 2016, at her home at the age of 94. Born Feb. 26, 1922, in Batesville, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Altha Wright Hicks and moved to Oklahoma with her family at the age of 4. ...

Mrs. Wanda Lee Crawford, 83, of Leachville, passed away July 20, 2016, at her home. Born Sept. 5, 1932 in Hardy, she was the daughter of the late Nancy Collins. Mrs. Crawford was of the Christian faith and enjoyed gardening, working in the yard and spending time with family and friends...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police investigated a domestic battery report in the 600 block of North Tennessee. -- Officers investigated a domestic assault report in the 800 block of North Second. A woman told police her boyfriend choked her, and she smashed his car windows with a tire tool as she was leaving...

The Blytheville Police Department has identified the pedestrian who suffered fatal injuries Sunday night on South Division. According to Capt. Scott Adams, 37-year-old Lakeyda Brown of Blytheville perished when was struck at 8:55 p.m. by a south-bound vehicle as she was walking in the roadway near Raben Tire...

Mrs. Doris Ann Orr,65, of Luxora, passed from this life on July 22,2016 in Blytheville. She was born on January 31, 1951 in Alabama to the late Mattie Byrd. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she is also proceeded in death by her husband, Doyal Wayne Orr...