Stories from Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Caraway Mayor and city council members welcomed Bill Clark-ERA Doty Real Estate at the Aug. 9 meeting. Clark discussed the city partnering with the real estate company in search of an industry interested in leasing the former Basler Electric building...

Manila teachers Jonna Hamilton, Beth Jolliff, Tracy Bohannon and Russell Page welcomed Danny Graham, president; Daniel Pieroni, treasurer; and Troy Misner, members of Ag for Autisim. Ag for Autism, organized in 2012, has granted over $500,000 in Northeast Arkansas since organizing in 2012...

Leachville City Council hired a new officer, passed Ordinance No. 2018-2, and purchased a heat/air unit for the dog pound at a special called meeting Monday, Aug. 6. Michael Myatt, certified police officer, was introduced to city council members. Myatt applied for a position with the Leachville Department...

Manila School Board held the regular monthly meeting on Aug. 6. All board members, Jeremy Jackson, president; Tracey Reinhart, vice president; Monte Middleton, secretary; Johnny McCain, Tommy Wagner, Danny Robbins and Casey Wells, were present. Superintendent Jason Evers presented seven resignations. ...

Riverside School Board members commended student Teressa Boatman at the Aug. 6 meeting. High School Principal Matt Ziegler introduced Boatman, an upcoming senior, who made a presentation called Rebels Against Negativity. Boatman discussed the negative impacts social media has on students, staff and the school district...

Manila city council discussed purchasing equipment and hiring a part-time employee at a special called meeting held Monday, Aug. 6. Mayor Wayne Wagner said Henry Ford, water/sewer superintendent, and his employees have discussed a need for the city to purchase a Ditch Witch, with the capability to clean out sewer lines. The city still has a lot of older lines and a problem with sand getting into the lines...

Manila's Lion pride was evident Thursday evening, Aug. 9, as students, former students and school patrons toured the new high school facility. The 124,136 square foot high school was opened to the public with a ribbon cutting followed by open house...

Debora Ann Thomas, 62, of Osceola died August 11, 2018 at SMC Medical Center in Osceola. She was a retired Nursing Home Administrator, former Department of Community Corrections employee and of the non denominational faith. Debora was born February 6, 1956 in Wardell to Pete and Elizabeth Mitchell Olsen. ...

Thomas R. Jean of Blytheville was born August 25, 1944 in Cordova, Alabama to the late William Martin Jean, and the late Mary Bowie Jean. He worked at Audubon Golf in Memphis and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Jean passed away on August 9, 2018 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville at the age of 73. ...

Coaches greeted fans at Chickasaw Gym Monday for the "Meet the Chickasaws" event. Led by athletics director David Hixson, "Meet the Chickasaws" was a way for the fans and supporters of the many athletic programs to become acquainted with the high school and junior high school boys and girls' coaches. BHS head basketball coach McKenzie Pierce and assistant coach Bill Tyer are shown visiting with a Chickasaw football player during the event...

Debra Anderson, 57, of Jonesboro, was called home Sunday, August 11, 2018. She leaves two sons, Jacques Anderson III of Columbus, Georgia, and Jeremiah Anderson of Jonesboro; Two daughters, Debra Thomas of Colorado Springs, Colorado., and Kameena Anderson of St. Paul, Minnesota.; and five grandchildren...

On Saturday, the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department, along with the Sheriff’s Street Crimes Unit and ACC (Probation/Parole), executed a search warrant at 130 Main Street in Joiner. During the search officers located digital scales, plastic baggies, 30 Ecstasy pills, two small bags of marijuana and approximately 42.1 grams of methamphetamine. Officers also located a Harrington and Richardson 12 gauge shotgun inside the residence...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police took a theft report (riffle) in the 1200 block of Chickasawba. — Officers investigated a domestic battery in the 1100 block of Leawood. A woman told police that her boyfriend “punched her in her face with a closed fist, bit her on the head and held his hand over her face and mouth trying to keep her from yelling for help.” She bit his hand and escaped, the report said...

Delta Gateway Museum in downtown Blytheville opened a new exhibit recently called Eat Well, Play Well. The traveling STEM exhibit comes from the Discovery Network, a program of the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, and is sponsored locally by Mississippi County Arkansas EOC Head Start...

Arkansas Northeastern College's new Center for Allied Technologies will officially open its doors at its grand opening on Friday, just in time for the start of classes for the Fall semester. A public open house is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day at the new facility...