Stories from Tuesday, February 16, 2021

James Leroy Southard, known as Buck to his family and Jim to the community and his customers, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021 at his home. Jim was born in the family home in the old Airbase area. He was the first born of eight children of Elmer and Emma Vaughn Southard. Jim loved God and was a lifelong member of Gosnell Baptist Church...

Randall Lowery Burcham of Payneway/Marked Tree was born March 16, 1938, in Rienzi, Mississippi to Orlando Lowery Burcham and Doris Yancey Burcham. He died February 13, 2021, after battling Covid-19 in Jonesboro, AR. He was a 1958 graduate of Messick High School in Memphis, TN. ...

A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on northeast Arkansas Sunday and Monday, falling on top of streets already iced over from last week’s winter weather event. Another 4-8 inches of snow is expected to fall Wednesday, according to KAIT’s meteorologists...

While at Walmart to pick up windshield wipers and emergency supplies, two Blytheville police officers played a part in possibly saving a woman's life. According to BPD Capt. Teri Looney, the officers were told Tuesday evening that an older woman had fallen in the Lawn and Garden section...