Stories from Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Caraway city council met July 8 in brief session to review factory rentals and a proposed Buffalo Island Water Association agreement. The council discussed the Basler Electric property and length of time required to finalize the take over...

The Monette City Council reviewed utility increases, the city's donation policy and enforcement of the neglected property ordinance at the regular city council meeting held June 28. A lengthy discussion was held concerning water rates after the council reviewed the report from the Water Review Committee. ...

The Caraway Senior Center has a lot to offer including fellowship, games, exercise, lunch, trips, and much more. Site manager Cleffie Gipson said she knows there are people in the community who need the center...

The 12th annual Wayne Taylor Memorial Golf Tournament was held Tuesday, June 15, at the Big Lake Country Club in Manila. Major sponsors for the tournament were CenturyTel, Bigg Butts BBQ, Southern Bancorp, Heritage Bank, Liberty Bank, SouthBank, Southern Bank, and Chapter AC PEO...

The new van belonging to the First Assembly of God in Manila sends a message with a unique design. The design was created by one of its members, David Shedd. Shedd has always enjoyed either fine art or graphic art design, which is mostly done as a hobby, but he does enjoy a challenge...

Manila Fire Chief Keith Bennett and other members of the Manila Fire Department have been working on testing, inspecting, and color code painting all of the fire hydrants. Chief Bennett said the hydrants are color coded by water flow. ...

Cody Joe Michener, 16, of Leachville, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, in a drowning accident at Jackson's Landing near Monette. Born at Blytheville, he had been a Leachville resident for the past four years and was a senior at Buffalo Island Central High School. Cody enjoyed Guitar Hero and was an avid M.M.A. wrestling fan...

Mr. Henry Wesley Jackson, age 68 of Manila died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Mr. Jackson was born to the late Ed and Susan Johnston Jackson on October 10, 1941, in Heber Springs and was a resident of Manila since 1953...

James L. Ramer, 72, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born Jan. 28, 1938, in Fitzhugh, Ark., to the late Vester and Rubye Hamilton Ramer. ...

Although Monday night's Osceola School Board meeting was largely centered around the hiring of Russell Leggett as the new high school football coach and athletic director, the day's proceedings in Little Rock were perhaps the bigger story of the day...

Members of the Great River Economic Development Board shared information Wednesday morning about educating the public on renewal of the county-wide economic development tax. Osceola Mayor Dickie Kennemore, who chaired the meeting, asked those in attendance for their input in getting the voters to approve the renewal of the tax...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- A Caruthersville man is expected to be arraigned today in Pemiscot County Circuit Court after he allegedly tried to posion his girlfriend and her children by putting bleach in ice trays and lemonade. The woman and two small children became sick from ingesting the drink that contained bleach and are all seeking medical attention, according to Caruthersville police chief Chris Riggs...

With the clock ticking, the Blytheville City Council must figure out a way to supplement shortfalls in the monthly $5 sewer improvement fee. The charge, being used to pay for $2.5 million, five-year sewer projects mandated by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, has generated $135,000 with $20,000 spent thus far, Wastewater Superintendent Kenneth Ellis told the Council's Airport and Utilities Committee Wednesday...