Stories from Friday, July 12, 2024

Heaven Jalexius Harris, 17, has been reported missing from West Memphis. Harris was last seen on June 28 at 8:30 p.m. near 600 N. 7th Street in West Memphis, wearing a white crop top t-shirt, blue jean cut off shorts and purple Crocs. She has a small faded heart tattoo on the right side of her face. Her hair may be black...

Thelma Sue Lee, 83, of Manila, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. Thelma was born in Manila to Thomas Vernon and Susie Kirby Martin. She was a retired factory worker and a lifelong resident of Manila. She had a knack for working with her hands, often cross-stitching, sewing and quilting. Thelma was also a great cook and made the most delicious red velvet cake. She is loved by many nieces and nephews...

Melva Faye Holt, 87, of Leachville, passed from this life Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Daughter of the late Carless and Johnnie Jordan Ingram, she was born in Joiner and spent much of her life in Manila. Melva was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by six sisters, two brothers, one son and two great-grandchildren...

Melba June Barnes, 72, of Paragould passed from this life Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at her home. Daughter of the late Thomas and Lorene Baxley Bryan, she was born in Monette and raised in Leachville, where she was a 1971 graduate of Leachville High School. ...

By SANDRA BRAND NEA Town Courier Editor “America’s River Crossing” will soon connect the states of Arkansas and Tennessee. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced Friday that the Tennessee and Arkansas Departments of Transportation were successful in securing $393,750,000 in federal funding for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis to be known as “America’s River Crossing”...