Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Mrs. Loraine Holman Philhours, 88, of Jonesboro, widow of Mr. David Philhours and former longtime Manila resident, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Debra Woods Nixon, 61, lost her battle with cancer on the morning of April 24, Easter Sunday, 2011.

Mr. Gary Craig Garrett, 59, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at his home in Cookeville, Tenn.

Mrs. Hattie Mae Fletcher, 91, of Blytheville, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro.

Heather Williams of Blytheville and Drew Pritchard of Steele will unite in marriage at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4 at Holland Baptist Church in Holland, Mo

The town of Dyess will be abuzz April 28-May 1, as Gene Williams hosts his second annual "Gene Williams Open House."

The United Way of Greater Blytheville is beginning its allocation process for 2011-12, and applications for funds are now being accepted, according to United Way director Mary Helen Moody.

The few changes to this year's "All That Jazz" were made by school leaders with the intention of increasing student participation and more comfortably accommodating the guests who attend the celebration.

Justices of the Mississippi County Quorum Court unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night setting the fees agreement for incarcerating municipal inmates in the Mississippi County Jail.

Severe thunderstorms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding have cut a destructive path through Mississippi County in the past few weeks, and have kept relief organizations like the American Red Cross busy.

Mrs. Loraine Holman Philhours, age 88, of Jonesboro, widow of Mr. David Philhours and former longtime Manila resident, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. ...

Edward Lee Mullins, Sr. age 61 of Oklahoma City, Okla., died, after a brave battle with cancer, Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at his home. Born August 11, 1949, in Dyess, Ark., he was the son of the late Arther and Frances Frazier Mullins and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Deloris Fleetwood, 81, of Monette passed away Monday, April 25, 2011, at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 9, 1929, in Monette to the late Jinks and Abbie Cornish. She was a retired beautician and homemaker. Mrs. Deloris was a member of the Mt. Pleasant General Baptist Church and loved to work in her garden and yard...

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he will do everything in his power to keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from blowing a levee that would unleash floodwaters on 130,000 acres of farms.

At approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday, the Blytheville Fire Department responded to a fire on the roof of El Acapulco on East Main.