Stories from Saturday, June 11, 2022

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Mississippi County law enforcement are on the search for a Manila woman, Heather Hitchcock, 34. Hitchcock managed to steal and flee in a police vehicle on Thursday night after being taken into custody. According to the county sheriff’s department report, Hitchcock was observed by an off duty deputy sitting in the passenger seat of a gold Chevrolet truck that was westbound toward Manila. Hitchcock was known to have active felony warrants for her arrest...

By MARCUS McCLAIN - NEA Town Courier Blytheville officers arrested Albert Wilson, 38, and Ashley Jones, 35, and each will face felony abuse of corpse charges following a miscarriage on Sunday. Officers were dispatched to East Moultrie at approximately 6:15 p.m. ...

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier Blytheville Councilman Matt Perrin brought attention to the state of the city’s animal shelter on May 30 through a social media post. He stated that on a trip to the shelter, he viewed kennels with what he believed to be several days worth of fecal matter...

By Marcus McClain NEA Town Courier Mississippi County will host its eighth annual Juneteenth Celebration through the upcoming week. The committee will host events throughout the week leading up to the holiday’s specific date, June 19. The holiday commemorates the freeing of the last slaves in Galveston, Texas in 1865, who were held in bondage for nearly three years after the emancipation proclamation...

By SANDRA BRAND NEA Town Courier Editor A Blytheville man was arrested in connection with a shooting Thursday, June 2 at a residence at Broadway and East Union in Osceola. Jordan Harvey, 18, of Blytheville, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree battery, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and minor in possession of a firearm...