Stories from Monday, December 18, 2023

Betty Crocker of Kerrville, Texas, passed away Dec. 6, 2023, in Kerrville. She was born Aug. 4, 1938, in Brackettville, Texas, before spending her youth in Arkansas. As you would expect, she received much ribbing for her name but took it well. She was popular and known for her beauty and was homecoming queen and football queen in her high school years at Blytheville High School. ...

TOKYO & PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) (TSE: 5401), Japan’s largest steelmaker and one of the world’s leading steel manufacturers, and United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) ("U. S. Steel”), a leading steel producer with competitive advantages in low-cost iron ore, mini mill steelmaking, and best-in-class finishing capabilities, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which NSC will acquire U. ...

Berdie Louise Harris, 95, a precious, faithful, loving Christian, devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, after a wonderful life of living and loving well, left this earthly home to go to her eternal home with her precious Jesus on Friday, Dec. ...

Thomas “Tom” Harvey Brown, 78, of West Memphis, passed from this life at his home on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. He was born Feb. 25, 1945, to Harvey Emmet Brown and Minnie (Southern) Brown in Tyronza. Mr. Brown was a retired auto repairman and of Baptist faith...