Stories from Friday, August 12, 2016

Arkansas Northeastern College's most recent pass rate, by Associate Degree nursing student graduates taking the Arkansas Board of Nursing exam, was the third highest in the state at 93.5 percent. The Associate Degree Nursing Program at ANC exceeded the state and national pass rate levels of 77.5% and 81.4% respectively. ...

ARMOREL Breakfast Monday:Cereal, pop tart, banana, juice and milk Tuesday: Mini French Toast, sausage link, fruit cocktail, juice and milk Wednesday:Super honey bun, Yogurt, peaches, juice and milk Thursday: Pancake on Stick, Applesauce, juice and milk...

John 6:41-51 You may remember hearing the words. You may remember speaking the words yourself: What? This again! You know I don't like _ -- and here you can fill in any number of things: broccoli, spinach, rutabaga, mystery meat, or liver surprise (my own personal dread). Complaints about food are as old as school cafeterias and military rations . . . and the Bible. In our Gospel lesson, the people complained about Jesus because he claimed to be the bread of heaven...

Long-time U of A professor and Fayetteville resident, Murray Smart, Jr., died Tuesday, August 9, 2016 after a long illness. Murray was born on August 8, 1933 in Blytheville, Arkansas, the son of Clifton Murray and Elizabeth Smart. He graduated as valedictorian of the 1951 class of Blytheville High School. ...

Marlon Roosevelt Barnes, 36, of Marked Tree passed away on August 9th, 2016 in Jonesboro. He was born on February 12th, 1980 in Memphis, TN to Muriel "Faye" Barnes. He was of Baptist Faith and self employed through Lawn Care. He is preceded in death by his mother, Muriel "Faye" Barnes...

Blytheville voters will likely see a ballot issue in the November general election requesting an additional one cent sales tax for the city, in spite of the fact that a similar issue in a special election was soundly defeated last year. City Council finance chair Stan Parks told the finance committee Wednesday afternoon that he felt the city made some mistakes in its attempt to pass the failed tax, and that with some changes the citizens may get behind this new effort...

Devoe Elliott, 77, of Blytheville, died August 11, 2016 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born August 5, 1939 in Chicago, he was a painter and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents Doc and Nellie Elliott. Mr. Elliott leaves one daughter, Anita Hawkins of Pell City, Ala.;...

Bonnie Lee "Twin" Dandridge Johnson, 62, of Blytheville, died August 8, 2016 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born Feb. 20, 1954 in Blytheville, she was a retired factory worker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester Dandridge and Annie B. Bragg Arnold, husband George Johnson, daughter Laquata Williams, and sister Eyvette Arnold...

Healing in the Hood is extremely thrilled to announce that its mentoring services are back mobile...