Stories from Friday, January 19, 2024

Wesley Aquila Jones, Jr., 75 of Forney, Texas, formerly of Leachville, passed from this life Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at Methodist Richardson Medical Center in Richardson, Texas. Born in Leachville, he was the son of the late Wesley Aquila and Florence Shanks Jones and was a 1966 graduate of Leachville High School. ...

Ricky Leroy Green, 60, of Manila, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. He was born in Michigan City, Ind., to Edgar and Betty Byrd Greene. For the first half of his life, Ricky worked as a farmer and later in life drove a truck for neighboring farms. ...

Manila Main Street Historical Museum got a new roof just before the snow. Museum committee member Donna Jackson said the city helped with the cost of the new metal roof.

The City of Blytheville Sanitation Department has now completed Wednesday's, Jan. 17 Route and is working on Thursday's Route. The city will pick-up Friday's route and any thing they might have missed, beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 20...