Stories from Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Vera Lou Mitchell, 83 of Memphis, Tenn., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Born in Ripley, Miss., to the late Hines and Rebecca Whitehead Smith, Vera was retired from Walgreens and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed shopping and being outdoors. ...

A good time was had by all of all ages Saturday at the annual Leachville Harvest Festival. There was plenty of food, music, dancing, and fun at the event.

Blytheville police attended to a gunshot victim until medics arrived Sunday in the 800 block of North 2nd. According to the police report, officers found Leroy Johnson lying on the top of the stairs of the apartment building; the offender had left the scene...