Stories from Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Everywhere I look today I see people that have an obsession with negativity. As a culture we have a very “glass half-empty” outlook of the world around us. I don’t think things have always been this way because if they have been, I don’t see how we’ve made it as far as we have...

The Blytheville City Council voted Tuesday evening to purchase a 2017 Ford Expedition 4x2 XLT to replace the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban that the Mayor’s Office is currently assigned. The Expedition will serve as the city vehicle provided for the mayor...

Lawrence Wayne Fletcher, 76, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at his home in Caraway. He was born June 29, 1941 in Black Oak, to Alston Jewell and Margaret Whitley Fletcher. He was on the Caraway Volunteer Fire Department, school board, city council, Board of Directors for the Housing Authority and a Scout leader...

Jackie Loveda Drury, 78, of Marmaduke, widow of David "Yogi" Drury, passed from this life Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at her home. Born and raised in Smithville, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Grace Tanner Thacker and had lived in Leachville before moving to the Marmaduke area 40 years ago. ...