Stories from Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Robert Wesley Thomas, 71, of Blytheville, passed from this life Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at his home. Born in Manila to the late Roy Thomas and Margaret Christian, he was a longtime Blytheville resident and a 1970 graduate of Blytheville High School. Robert was an employee of Entergy Power Company for 25 years until his retirement is 2006. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and grilling. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Mississippi County Treasurer Peggy Meatte is about to start a new journey in life. She is looking forward to retirement and spending more time with her family. Meatte said she is doing well, but due to some health issues she experienced in July, she decided it was time for her to spend more time with her family and start retirement a few years earlier than she had planned...

The Blytheville 42nd annual Chili Cook-off will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. There will be chili tasting, live music, vendors, mini golf, wrestling, a 360 photo booth, a car show and more. The event will be held in historic downtown Blytheville...

GOSNELL— Monday night, the Gosnell School District held its annual Report to the Public in the Administration Building Board Room. Members present were President Donnie Wright, Doug Johnson, Greg McGuirt, Cody Mace and Lee Ketchum. Members Michael Jacques and John Weiss were absent...

The city of Blytheville's Adopt-a-Block program launched almost one year ago and since then multiple volunteers and organizations have come forward to help beautify the city - one bag of trash at a time. "The program originated because we started tearing down houses," said Blytheville's code enforcement officer Jan Erby Smith. "And while we were cleaning up the properties, we noticed, okay, there's a lot of trash in these neighborhoods."...

Poinsett County Sheriffs Deputies and Marked Tree Police officers responded to a roll over accident on the service road near Highway 75 Saturday evening. According to a report issued by the Marked Tree PD, Brandon Ray Smith, of Lepanto, was driving a white 1977 International Harvester tractor-truck, owned by Barnes Trucking, west bound on the service road, when an older model maroon Buick driving east crossed the center line. ...

Roach Manufacturing Corporation broke ground on the their 80,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center at Steel Creek in Trumann. The warehouse, which will have the ability to add an additional 100,000 square feet, is the first building to go up in the multi-use project...

Buffalo Island Central School Board held its annual public meeting Monday evening to report on the District’s past year and plans for new school year. Deanna Clifton and Beth Pitts presented the current financial report and proposed budget. They did a revenue comparison for the last two years and items in the budget for 2023-2024. ...

She would walk around the house in the strangest clothes... one outfit on top of the other. The blouse would often be turned inside out... nothing ever matched. Floral and checks seemed to be her favorite. She would wrap her arms around her waist, as if she was always scared. Yet, she was the meanest woman I had ever known. She was loud, argumentative... her harsh words cut me in pieces...

This week The Osceola Times, NEA Town Courier and our sponsors are paying a special tribute to area farmers and the harvest season. As a farmer’s daughter, I have the upmost respect for those men and women who work around the clock bringing in the harvest. I remember those days well...

Candice Lynn Wortham-Jorn, 44, of Monette, passed from this life Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, at her home. Born in Osceola and raised in Manila, she was a 1998 graduate of Manila High School and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed spending time with family, especially her children and grandchildren. ...