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Blytheville police have arrested Mariah Diamond in connection with the August slaying of 23-year-old Kevondre Williams in the 2400 block of South Elm, according to Blytheville Police Department Capt. John Frazier. A city of Blytheville worker discovered Williams’ body while mowing the roadside of the rural area on South Elm around 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19...

According to the Blytheville Police Department court synopsis, 26-year-old Mariah Diamond rented a vehicle used to remove the body of 23-year-old Kevondre Williams, who was fatally shot in the head in and found on South Elm Street in August. Diamond was arraigned in Chickasawba District Court in Blytheville, Thursday, on charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the slaying...

Blytheville police are searching for Devon Rainey in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Kevondre Williams in August. According to Capt. John Frazier, Rainey has a warrant for first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. On Thursday, 26-year-old Mariah Diamond was arraigned on the same charges in Chickasawba District Court in Blytheville...

A Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department deputy was shot in the groin when his handgun apparently accidentally discharged in his pocket while putting a pair of glasses in his pocket at Dr. Scott Johnson’s office in Blytheville around 1:34 p.m., Thursday...

A McDonald's employee was robbed at gunpoint early Saturday morning when opening the restaurant on South Division in Blytheville, according to Capt. John Frazier, the CID commander of the Blytheville Police Department. Frazier said around 4 a.m., Saturday, an employee of McDonald's on South Division was opening for the day when an unknown individual approached her from behind with a firearm and demanded that the safe be opened...

A juvenile has been released from The Regional Medical Center in Memphis after sustaining gunshot wounds Tuesday night, according to a hospital spokesperson. Few details have been released in the shooting on Lonnie Street around 11 p.m., Tuesday. "Officers responded to the Great River Medical Center emergency room in reference to a juvenile who had been shot," Blytheville Police Department Capt. ...

Former Blytheville High School boys basketball coach Danny Ebbs has been selected to the Hall of Fame. The three Hall of Fame organizations under the umbrella of the Arkansas Activities Association have selected their honorees for the 2020 induction ceremony. ...

Great River Medical Center is giving facelifts to its inpatient rooms. In his report to the Mississippi County Hospital Board, Monday, hospital system CEO Chris Raymer said rooms 244 and 245 have been renovated, with plans to upgrade the aesthetics of other rooms as well...

Back in October, Healing in the Hood launched a new program titled Victims of Crime Advocacy (VOCA) in conjunction with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. The Victim Crime Act of 1984 was created to assist states in providing services directly related to the emotional healing and recovery of crime victims...

Gosnell City Councilman David Blount has resigned as the city’s Ward 1, Position 2 representative. Blount sent an email to Gosnell Mayor Teresa Walker on Friday, Jan. 17, informing her of his decision. “I have decided that I am going to go ahead and resign from the planning commission and the council,” the email reads. ...