Stories from Thursday, March 2, 2017

Area residents that put on pounds while watching former blockbusters and eating popcorn and candy at what was formerly the Blytheville Cinema 3 Malco movie theater, will very soon be able to shed those pounds in the same building, when Anytime Fitness opens there sometime by June 2017...

Alexis Cheyanne Ashley, 8, of Luxora passed away on February 22, 2017 in Blytheville. She is survived by her parents, Tony Ashley and Debra Speakman Ashley both of Luxora; two sisters, Brandi Kay Ashley of Luxora and Destiny Speakman of Pine Bluff and her grandparents, Shelia Ashley of Luxora, Rickey Ashley of Luxora and Donna Speakman of Lost Cane...

Mr. Allan Kyle Wilbanks, 25, of Manila, passed away on February 28, 2017. He was a member of the Church of The Lord Jesus Christ in Carroll's Corner. Mr. Wilbanks is survived by his wife, Lindsey Wilbanks of Manila; one son, Luke Allan Paul Wilbanks of Manila; three daughters, Elayna Kylle Wilbanks, Caralynn Reese Wilbanks and Kylee Blair Wilbanks all of Manila; one brother, Stephen Mark Wilbanks of Osceola; one sister, Rachel Kay (Allen) Gates of Osceola and grandparents, Alvin and Dorothy Wilbanks and Tommy and Fay Wilbanks, all of Osceola.. ...

Blytheville CID Commander Captain Scott Adams announced Thursday that at approximately 1 p.m. Wednesday, agents of the Second Judicial District Drug Task Force and officers of the Blytheville Police Department delivered a narcotics search warrant on 133 Sycamore Street in Blytheville that resulted in the arrest of three individuals...