Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2022

Lillian Olena Miller, 89, of Leachville, widow of Bond Lee Miller, passed from this life Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the Manila Nursing Center. Born in Black Oak, she was the daughter of the late Garland and Dorothy Moss Finch and had been a longtime Leachville resident. ...

Toney Anthony Gladney, 61, of Osceola passed away Jan. 9, 2022, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was a construction worker and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Gladney was born Dec. 3, 1960, in Osceola to Mack and Bobbie Miller Gladney. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Mary Allyce Qualls Knight, 63, of Dell, passed away on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Mary was born in Blytheville on Sept. 4, 1958, to Yancey and Zeleuda Qualls. She was a graduate of Blytheville High School Class of 1976. Mary was a wonderful and caring person who genuinely loved and cherished her family. She enjoyed comedy, scary movies, snowy days, all things cat related, and eating Mexican food with her family...

The Blytheville Fire Department responded to the 1100 block of Park Lane Thursday morning after a sanitation truck explosion. "Upon arrival the fire department determined an explosion had occurred and one sanitation worker had been injured and transported to Great River Medical Center for unknown injuries," BFD fire marshal Daniel Holifield said. ...