Stories from Friday, July 26, 2024

Marvin D. Brown, 86, of the Carmi community near Leachville, passed peacefully from this life Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in the Big Lake Township near Manila to the late W.G. and Nola Mangrum Brown, he was a 1955 graduate of Leachville High School and later attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. ...

Lloyd R. Wright, of Gosnell, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 90. Lloyd was born to Harry and Mary Helen Lincoln Wright in York, Neb. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1952 and was stationed at Blytheville Air Force Base. ...

LITTLE ROCK—Justin Lee Palmer, who “coached” young girls who were anorexic and encouraged them to self-harm and film child pornography, will spend 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Thursday by Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker...

Arkansas Northeastern College has announced its selection as one of 18 nationwide recipients this year to join the prestigious Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI). This honor comes as part of the largest expansion of the initiative to date, supported by a generous $75,000 grant aimed at enhancing the technical programs offered by ANC to better prepare citizens for the growing workforce in the region...

The ongoing construction between Blytheville and the Marie exit at mile marker 44 on Interstate 55 has recently entered a new phase. Refurbishing and resurfacing of the northbound lanes of the highway were completed in late June and now both north and southbound traffic are using what will be the northbound lane. ...

Saturday, July 27: – Main Street Blytheville will hold its last Splash on Main. The event will be held in the Southern Bancorp parking lot from 1-3 p.m. –10 a.m.- 12 p.m. a Blytheville Community town meeting at the Blytheville Public Library. The public is encouraged to attend...

David Paul Cross, 26, of Blytheville, pled guilty in Mississippi County Circuit Court in Blytheville on Thursday with Second Judicial Circuit Judge Scott Ellington presiding. Cross pled guilty to 19 counts of distributing, possessing and/or viewing material depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. Ellington sentenced Cross to 36 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections...

Studio 42 & Co. will present DreamWorks Shrek JR, the Musical, at the Manila High School Auditorium. Director is Kennedy Baker. Dates and times will be: Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 3, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Aug. 4, at 2 p.m...

A Tiny Miss Northeast Arkansas pageant will be held Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Ritz Theater in Blytheville. The pageant is an official Tiny Miss of Arkansas State Preliminary. Pageant categories include: Gown ($100 entry), Photogenic ($15 entry), Fun fashion ($15 entry) and Stage introductions ($15 entry). If you wish to enter all events, the cost is $125 if your enter before Sept. 15. The deadline to enter is Oct. 1...

By Joseph Fondren NEA Town Courier Contributor The Blytheville Lions Club learned incredible facts about life in Indonesia Tuesday through the words of Gosnell native Michael Davis and his wife Alithia.  The Davises and their four girls moved to Indonesia roughly six years ago due to teaching opportunities. ...