Heaven welcomed an energetic new angel on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, as Cindy Lu Childress Carlock entered the gates after battling pneumonia and septic infection. Cindy was born Jan. 7, 1967, in ...

Carrie Jewell Mays, 78, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Daughter of the late Blain and Cleo Loveless Turney, she was born in ...

Richard "Mike" Godsey, 83, passed away at home Monday morning, Dec. 23, 2024. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 19, 1941, to Richard and Evelyn Godsey. He had attended First Christian Church ...

Gerald Wayne Lloyd, 81, of Blytheville, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 at Manila Nursing Center. Born in Iuka, Miss., to Elbert and Bertha Northington Lloyd, Gerald was retired from ...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier The Manila School Board held its last meeting of the year with student expulsion hearings. Following the approval of minutes and financials, the board went into a ...

Cheryle Grissom was honored with a retirement reception last week. She was presented a framed proclamation from Mississippi County Judge John A. Nelson. Grissom has worked for the Mississippi County ...

Caraway City Council held its final regular meeting of 2024 on Dec. 12. Council members voted unanimously to purchase a new police radio at a cost of $2,955.31. Council members present were Jeff Rea, ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Division of Higher Education announced Thursday that Arkansas State University System campuses in Jonesboro, Beebe, Newport, West Memphis and Malvern will ...

The BIC School Board met in short session Tuesday evening, to elect 2025 officers and discuss plans for the new year. Stacey Thomas was chosen as the new BIC Board of Directors President, with Eric ...

Peggy Mae Elrod, 47, of Joiner, died Dec. 16, 2024, at Regional One in Memphis, Tenn. She was employed at American Greetings in Osceola. Mrs. Elrod was born June 10, 1977 in Osceola to Joyce Robertson ...

Olivia Thomas was at the right place at the right time and has been hailed by Blytheville Fire Chief Mike Carney as a real hero. “I have no doubt that if not for Olivia, Eddie Booker, Sr. may not have ...