Stories from Monday, December 5, 2016

Mr. Johnny Bradshaw Boyd, age 78, of Manila, passed from this life on Friday December 2, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Leachville on October 26, 1938, he was the son of the late Coy Willie and LaVon Bradshaw Boyd and was a lifelong area resident. ...

Mr. Glenn Dobbins, age 85, of Manila, passed from this life on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in the Hancock community near Caraway on September 9, 1931, he was the son of the late Austin and Bertha Jones Dobbins and was raised in Milligan Ridge...

Blytheville police arrested a juvenile who allegedly stole a St. Jude's donation container from Domino's Pizza on Saturday. According to the police report, the manager noticed the donation container was missing, and showed police the surveillance of the incident. The officer noted he had previously arrested the girl for shoplifting, and he drove to her residence...

Contrast is powerful and beautiful. Day and Night are as different as can be. So too was the Historic Greyhound Bus Station Thursday night from its former life decades ago. Those of us that have been around for a long time can easily remember how chaotic and loud the old bus station could be as air force personnel and their families boarded or de-boarded the large buses. ...

A Dunklin County man is accused of sexually assaulting two local children -- ages 8 and 11. Adams said at approximately 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, police were dispatched to Great River Medical Center, where the two girls were. He noted officers discovered both had been assaulted by Love. The children were transported to Little Rock where a forensic examination was performed by a specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital...

A local man faces several charges after police say he shot at a man on Nov. 6 and robbed a woman last Thursday. Nathaniel Preston, 20, was arraigned in Blytheville District Court on charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, theft of property, terroristic act, resisting arrest (Physical), and fleeing (foot). Judge Shannon Langston found probable cause and held him over to Circuit Court. Bond was set at $100,000 cash only...