Stories from Thursday, February 2, 2023

Motorists are being told to avoid driving on Interstate 55 near Blytheville. The Blytheville Police Department is cautioning all travelers to avoid driving on I- 55 where an early morning wreck has backed up traffic. Officers are still on the scene of a multiple car MVA involving two semi trucks and a Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department deputy...

The Manila Police Department received a call Thursday morning at 4:50 in reference to a kidnapping that had occurred inside Manila city limits. Information was gained by witnesses at the scene that two small children and an adult female had been forced by gunpoint from the home. Officers received information regarding a suspect and a vehicle description and began a search of the area...

John Shelton Holmes, 60, of Monette, formerly of Leachville, passed from this life Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Paragould, he was the son of the late Dale and Hazel Wilborn Holmes and had lived in St. Louis before making his home in Northeast Arkansas in 1977. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation from Little Rock, Arkansas following the State of the Union address next Tuesday, February 7th:...

Manila Police Department reported the two suspects detained in the Thursday morning suspected kidnapping in Manila have had temporary bonds set by Judge Shannon Langston. The male suspect, Sammie McChristian, had a temporary bond set at $150,000 cash bond and ordered to appear in court on Monday, Feb. 6, in Blytheville. If released, he has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor...

Melissa Elizabeth Raney McKinney, 49, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Melissa was born on Fort Carson Army Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Billy and Geraldean Richardson Raney. She was a member of Heartland PCG and a homemaker. ...