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Man fires at cab driver following failed robbery
(Local News ~ 06/06/16)
Blytheville police are investigating a shooting that followed a failed attempted robbery of a cab driver early Monday morning. According to the police report, around 1:50 a.m. Monday, the City Cab employee told officers he received a call to pick up an individual in the 1100 block of South Franklin...
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Weekend Police Reports
(Local News ~ 06/06/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police arrested Maleke Dority on charges of fleeing in a vehicle and fleeing on foot, following a chase that began in the 100 block of East Missouri. -- Police investigated a domestic assault report in the 900 block of Mayfair...
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Darrel Glen Levins
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Darrel Glen Levins, age 77, of the Finch community near Paragould, died Sunday, June 5, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Paragould, he was the son of the late Ernest and Retha Baugh Levins and was a 1958 graduate of Greene County Tech. ...
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BPD to form new task force
(Local News ~ 06/06/16)
The following is a release from Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson regarding a new task force initiative at the BPD: In approximately 2009, the Blytheville Police Department, Osceola Police Department and Mississippi County Sheriff's Department came together to form the Mississippi County Unit of the 2nd Judicial District Drug Task force. ...
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David Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Mr. David Larone Smith, 66, of Truman Ark., died Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Monnette Ark. Born in Dyess, Ark., August 16 1949 to late E.W. Smith and Louise Alta Young Smith, David was a Vietnam army veteran and a retired Tour Bus Driver, who was of Protestant faith...
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Donald Hampton
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Donald R. Hampton, 83, of Manila Ark., died Monday June 6, 2016 at his home in Manila. Mr. Hampton was born May 28, 1933. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the time and will be announced by Howard Funeral Service of Manila.
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Jenella Caraway
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Jenella Dunkin Caraway, 93, of Manila died June 6,2016 in Manila Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Howard Funeral Service of Manila.
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Patricia Lampley
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Patricia June Lampley, 63 of Dell, formerly of Blytheville, past from this life on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Patricia was born to Junior and Jeanie (Ashmore) Parish in Blytheville, AR. Patricia graduated from Blytheville High School in 1971 and completed her nursing degree at Cotton Bowl Vo Tech. ...
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Darrel Levins
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Darrel Glen Levins, age 77, of the Finch community near Paragould, died Sunday June 5, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Paragould, he was the son of the late Ernest and Retha Baugh Levins and was a 1958 graduate of Greene County Tech. A lifelong resident of the Finch area, he was a retired farmer and longtime member of the Finch Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon, Sunday school teacher, and in many other capacities over the years...
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Mary Ralph
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Mary Agnes Peeples Ralph, 88, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Church Street Manor in Ecru. She was born May 12, 1928, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, to Wilbur Calvin Peeples and Ona Mae Pruitt Peeples. She graduated from high school in Armorel, Arkansas, and began work as a telephone operator in Blytheville, Arkansas, soon after. ...
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Donald Ray Hampton
(Obituary ~ 06/06/16)
Donald Ray Hampton, 83, of Manila, passed from this life Monday June 6, 2016, at his home. Born in the Buckeye community he was the son of the late Rufus Rastus and Alta LaVern Crawford Hampton and had been a lifelong Manila area resident. ...
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Casons open season with two losses
(High School Sports ~ 06/06/16)
AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News GOSNELL-The Blytheville Hardy Sales and Service Casons dropped both games of a non-zone double header Sunday afternoon at Gosnell High School to Jackson, Mo. The Casons lost game one, 4-2, and the nightcap, 8-6...
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