Stories from Wednesday, November 6, 2024

BLYTHEVILLE—Roughly 220 people gathered at the historic Ritz Civic Center Friday night for a sitdown question and answer between Chamber Director Liz Smith and Gary Powers, Jr. Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers, the famed U-2 pilot who was shot down over Russia in 1960 and was released during a prison swap on a bridge in 1962, which was dramatized in the 2015 movie Bridge of Spies. ...