Stories from Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Clayton Lincoln Jackson, 74, of Leachville, passed from this life Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Advanced Care Hospital in Searcy. Born in Leighton, Ala., he was the son of the late Abraham Lincoln and Mary Naomi Adams Jackson and was raised in the Tuscumbia, Ala., area. He was a retired farmer having worked for the Hale Seed Farm in Burdette...

Edward Dan Pate, 77, of Monette, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Leachville, he was the son of the late B.H. and Hazel Sneed Pate and was a 1958 graduate of Leachville High School. A Monette resident for the past 40 years, Ed was a retired construction superintendent and member of the First Baptist Church in Leachville...

Betty Samples Thompson, 82, of Manila, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, at her home. Born in Manila, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Henryetta Cravens and was a lifelong area resident. Betty was a retired beautician. She was of the Pentecostal faith and over the years had attended many area churches...

Cave City outscored Manila 19-8 in the fourth quarter, overcoming a five-point deficit, and went on to defeat the Lady Lions 55-49 in first round Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament action Monday morning at First National Bank Arena on the campus of Arkansas state University in Jonesboro...

Tuckerman overcame a sluggish start and a gritty Riverside team and went on to defeat the Rebels 70-47 in first round action of the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament Tuesday night at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro. The Bulldogs missed their first six shots from the field before Chaylun Dennis nailed a three pointer with 4:21 left in the first quarter. Tuckerman heated up, getting back to back triples from Zane Smith, and took a 15-9 lead after the first break...

Hot shooting East Poinsett County, coupled with the flu bug, proved too much for the Buffalo Island Central Lady Mustangs in the first round of the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament Tuesday afternoon at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro...

It took two overtimes for 12th seeded Crowley’s Ridge Academy to pull off the biggest upset of the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament so far, a stunning 63-59 victory over fifth seeded Buffalo Island Central Tuesday afternoon at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro...

Caraway Council members met Thursday, Dec. 14, for the last regular meeting of the year, adopting Ordinance 2017-7, hiring a new patrolman and recognizing the new fire chief. Mayor Barry Riley as well as all council members, John Boatman, Mitchell Tipton, Bo James, Roger Williams, Marvin Browning and Jerry Martin, were present...

Manila City Council approved construction of a condominium complex on Olympia Street and a waiver for a house to be built on the corner of Walnut and Dixon Streets at the Dec. 18 meeting. All council members, Donnie Wagner, Dale Murphy, Jason Baltimore, Wendell Poteet, Steven Milligan and William Barnhart, were present...

Manila School Board held the last regular meeting of 2017 on Dec. 21. Business discussed included farm contracts, property issues, and any changes in the Facilities Master Plan. Superintendent Pam Castor asked the board to consider possibly extending the length of the farm contracts. There are two contracts up at this time...

Herbert Albert Wise, 70, of Hardy, passed away Dec. 21, 2017. He was born May 14, 1947, in Luxora to William and Mable Wright Wise. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, retired construction worker, and was of the Baptist faith. He also enjoyed visiting the First United Pentecostal Church of Manila...

Mr. Lloyd Key was born March 14, 1950 in Osceola to the late Sam Key and the late Frenzola Key. He worked for a steel mill out of Granite City, Illinois and was a member of First Baptist in Blytheville. Mr. Key passed away on December 20, 2017 in Blytheville at the age of 67...

Blytheville police are investigating a Christmas Day homicide. According to Lt. John Frazier, 21-year-old Joshua Slaughter was found dead in the area of East Promised Land Road. If anyone has any information in this case please contact Blytheville Criminal Investigation Division at 870-763-4411 or call Blytheville Crime Stoppers at 844-910-7867. You can also email your tip to blythevillecrimestoppers.com...

Mr. Ronald Van Hannon was born on May 2, 1947 and was raised in Blytheville. He attended Gosnell and Blytheville Schools, and graduated from Blytheville High in 1965. He lived and worked in Blytheville before moving to Memphis, Tennessee where he was employed in the field of sales. ...

Ms. Michelle Lynn Eash was born July 17, 1974 in Battle Creek, Michigan to Mike Fields and Nila Madden Fisk. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Michelle passed away December 25, 2017 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville at the age of 43...

The Lights of the Delta will wrap up Wednesday. LOTD will be open from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Ms. Barbara Gail Marr, 59, of Blytheville passed away peacefully Friday night at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro while being comforted by her loving sister, Amy Marr. Barbara was born the second of three sisters on August 22, 1958 to the parents of Francis and Pauline Marr...