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Minyard sentenced to 51 months for stealing $793,000 from Temps Plus
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
Former Temps Plus manager Sabrina Minyard was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $931,336.39 in restitution Monday after pleading guilty to bank fraud charges last fall. According to court records, Minyard embezzled more than $793,000 from the business between June 2007 and March 2019. After her sentence is served, she will have two years supervised release. She must report to prison by July 6...
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Board upholds Coach Stone’s firing
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
With a 4-2 vote during Monday night’s personnel hearing, the Blytheville School Board upheld the termination of Blytheville High School football coach Lance Stone. Stone opted for a closed hearing, but when returning to open session to vote, board members Tobey Johnson, Desmond Hammett, Tracey Ritchey, and Erin Carrington cast yes votes, while Barbara Wells and Billy Fair dissented...
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Annie Bell Barnes
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
On Thursday, May 13, 2021, God presented our beloved Annie Bell Barnes with a new body. She transitioned peacefully at the age of 108 surrounded by loved ones. Mother Barnes was born in Howell, Ark. on Nov. 24, 1912 to the late Alfred and Sarah Pope Sawyer. She was the first of seven children. She was united in Holy Matrimony on March 10, 1934 to the late Walter B. Barnes the love of her life...
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Nancy Victory Davis
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
Nancy Victory Davis of Blytheville was born July 28, 1961 in Blytheville, to the late Robert McClung, Sr., and the late Margaret Bell McClung. She was a retired caregiver and a homemaker. Mrs. Davis passed away on May 12, 2021 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 59. She is preceded in death by her father Robert McClung, Sr., her mother Margaret McClung, her son Taurus Sneed, one brother Terry McClung, and one grandchild Jordynn Victory...
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Barry Lynn Cole
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
Barry Lynn Cole, age 58, of Leachville, passed from this life Saturday, May 15, 2021, at his home. Born in Leachville, he was the son of the late Faburn and Wanda McDaniel Cole and had been a lifelong area resident. Barry attended Leachville High School and had been employed by Southworth in Manila, The Steel Yard in Paragould and Hooks Industrial of Blytheville. ...
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Ulysses Redd, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
Ulysses Redd Sr., was born March 11, 1949 in Blytheville, to DeLove Redd and Pankie Newmy. Ulysses, departed this life on Thursday, May 13, 2021, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, Arkansas at the age of 72. He was preceded in death by his parents...
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Chamber hands out awards, hears from legislators
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
The Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted their monthly luncheon May 17, distributing the year’s first quarter awards, and hearing a legislative update from Arkansas representatives Monte Hodges (D-Blytheville), Johnny Rye (R-Trumann) and state senator Dave Wallace (R-Leachville)...
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Carolyn Ann Robertson
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
Carolyn Ann Robertson, 72, of Osceola died May 17, 2021, at her home. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was born Feb. 4, 1949, in Newport to Steve and Gracie Overfield Brown. She was preceded in death by her father, Steve Brown; her husband, Bobby Floyd Robertson, Sr.; and one great-grandchild, Brylan Mason...
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