Stories from Friday, February 23, 2024

Thelma Louise King, 87, of Caraway, former Manila resident, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at the Gosnell Healthcare Center in Gosnell. She was a 1953 graduate of Gosnell High School, was a current member of the First Baptist Church of Caraway and a past member of the North Tenth Street Baptist Church in Blytheville and Bethany Baptist Church in Manila. ...

The women of ESA are busy planning the 44th Annual St. jude cablethon. The event will be held March 8 and 9 at First Baptist Church in Blytheville. Friday March 8, Thunder Country 96.3 FM in Blytheville will be doing a podcast from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, March 9 the event will air on Ritter Tubetown Youtube channel from 10 a.m. ...

There will be Black History Program at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at the new Immanuel M.B. Church at 1425 South Elm Street, Blytheville. Serving as pastor is Rev. Burton Furlow. The guest speaker for the event will be Bishop James Sims of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Dell. The public is invited to attend...

Living Word Cathedral Church of God in Christ, 503 W. Semmes, Osceola, will hold a Black history Program Sunday, Feb. 25. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Special guest will be Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr., prelate of St. Maarten Rehoboth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ...

Lake City Council rezoned property, moved to allow police hires to live outside the city limits and voted to renew vehicle leases at the Feb. 19 meeting. Mayor Cameron Tate opened the meeting with all council members, Brenda Hutcheson, Kate Wells, Kasey Eakins, Harmony Cash, Jake Emery and Jay Davis present, along with city clerk Lisa Sitz...