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Flossie Angelee Hall
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Mrs. Flossie Angelee Hall, 92, of Caraway, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 31, 1924, in Oxford, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Lenard and Lema Ann Pinkston Layne. ...
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Riverside girls named NEA champs
(High School Sports ~ 01/03/17)
Lady Rebels clip Marmaduke 43-38 in finals Riverside took down Marmaduke for the second time this season and in the process, dethroned the defending NEA champions, 43-38, in Tuesday afternoon's Division 1 Girls finals. ...
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Leachville landmark gets new lighting
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
The Melody Theater in Leachville stands as a landmark in the area. The city council recently approved new lighting around the front of the historic theater. The Melody Theater opened in 1948 offering the latest movies available in a very modern building...
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Area Mayors look to 2017:
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
Manila: Manila Mayor Wayne Wagner is optimistic about Manila for 2017. He mentioned the new four-lane on Highway 18, growth along the Mississippi River, and the expansion of Southworth will bring oportunities for the new year...
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Mary Virginia "Gin" Gee (nee Vickery)
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Mrs. Mary Virginia "Gin" Gee (nee Vickery), age 86, late of Mokena, Ill., formerly of Streamwood Ill. and Blytheville, passed away surrounded by family on Thursday, December 29, 2016. While many knew Mary as a homemaker, she worked for multiple years in both Arkansas and Illinois in various roles before staying home with her children and later, grandchildren. ...
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Baron Lee Long
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Mr. Baron Lee Long, 46, of Mobile, AL passed away on December 29, 2016 in Osceola. He is survived by his father Thomas (Elnora Cash) Long of Mobile, Ala.; His mother Jane Long of Saraland, Ala., Two sons, Baron Lee Long, Jr. of St. Augustine, Fla. and Christian Sage Long of Mobile, Ala.;...
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Boss Rhett Bryant
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Boss Rhett Bryant, infant son of Blake and Bailey Bryant, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, Linda Strieder and great-grandfather, Jim Bridges. Boss leaves his parents, Blake and Bailey (Strieder) Bryant of Steele; sisters, London Blake Bryant and Landynn Courtney Bryant; grandparents, Jamie and Kandy Bryant of Steele, Holly Dawson of West Memphis, Arkansas, and Steve and Cristell Strieder of Proctor, Arkansas; great-grandparents, Rock and Liz Cato of Blytheville, James and Debbie Bryant of Charlotte, North Carolina, Gerald and Becky Riggs of El Dorado, Arkansas, Vivian and Barry Hughes of Nesbit, Mississippi, Doris Bridges of West Memphis, Arkansas, Louis and Sheila Baskins of Gallatin, Tennessee, Dietmar Strieder of West Memphis, Arkansas; and great-great-grandmothers, Ruby Malone of West Memphis, Arkansas and Sue Cato Jennings of Little Rock, Arkansas.. ...
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Blytheville Police Reports
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Officers investigated a stabbing in the 800 block of Robindale. The victim told police while trying to break up a fight, someone swung an object that cut him, leaving a one-inch laceration on his forearm. He was treated at Great River Medical Center...
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Harry Myers, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Mr. Harry Myers, Jr., 82, of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Harry was born in Black Rock, Arkansas to Harry and Gladys (Dunlap) Myers. He was raised in the Dyess Colony and moved to Blytheville in his teenage years. ...
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Pirates edge rival Westside
(High School Sports ~ 01/03/17)
GOSNELL-- After falling to the Westside Warriors in the Northeast Arkansas Invitational, 77-74, on Thursday, Dec. 22, Coach Jimmy Porter's Gosnell Pirates avenged the loss by defeating the Warriors in Gosnell on Tuesday night in a back and forth, 58-55 victory...
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Chicks hold off GCT
(High School Sports ~ 01/03/17)
The Blytheville Chickasaws held off conference rival Greene County Tech, 63-57, Tuesday night at Chickasaw Gym. The Chicks (7-6, 2-3 6A/5A-East) watched a once 16-point lead cut to two late in the fourth quarter, as Blytheville went cold in the final 16 minutes...
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