Stories from Monday, September 26, 2016

Franklin Cletus Huckabee, 66, of Caraway, passed from this life Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born at Monette he was the son of the late Hayden and Letha Mae Dawson Huckabee and had been a lifelong Buffalo Island resident. ...

Monette -- Jackie Vernon Williams,61, departed this life Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Jonesboro. He was born July 10, 1955, in Doniphan, Mo., the son of Buddy Williams and Wynnette Johnson Williams. Jackie was a truck driver for many years and for the past 15 years was a car dealer in Lake City. ...

Blytheville police are investigating an aggravated burglary in the 1600 block of Basin that sent a man to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis on Friday. Police found Louis Crawford lying on the bed with severe injuries to his head and face, according to the police report...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police assisted on a fire investigation at 618 Boone. The cause of the fire in unknown at this time. The residence had no utilities. -- Police arrested Tendka Thomas on battery charges, after she allegedly attacked the victim, Mark Williams, with a knife in the 100 block of Main. Williams was flown to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis for treatment of a large laceration on his right forearm...

Mr. Franklin Cletus Huckabee, 66, of Caraway, passed from this life on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Monette, he was the son of the late Hayden and Letha Mae Dawson Huckabee and had been a lifelong resident of Buffalo Island. He was a retired farmer, having been a longtime employee of Lloyd Bibb Farms and Noble Cullum Farms. He attended Milligan Ridge Baptist Church and will be greatly missed by his family and friends...

Blytheville police are investigating an armed robbery at Jordan's Quick Stop at Main and Division on Monday evening. According to Blytheville assistant police chief Ricky Jefferson, three juvenile black males, one armed with a handgun, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount...