Stories from Saturday, June 30, 2012

One day when you get bored, drive about town and see a life at the end of a chain! Underfed, underloved, covered with fleas and ticks and in some cases mange!

Mrs. Doris Nell Bassing, 80, of Leachville, passed from this life, Friday, June 29, 2012, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born Nov. 23, 1931, in Lipan, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Johnny Olan and Dorothy Onie Pope Camp and had lived most of her life in Haskell, Texas...

Mrs. Linda Joyce (Tacker) Pierce, 65, of Wilson, died Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born Sunday, March 2, 1947, in Dyess, to Cletus and Dorothy (Bullard) Tacker, she was a member of the Wilson First Baptist Church and a beautician. She enjoyed gardening and spending time with her grandchildren...

A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Mississippi County Circuit Court on various motions to dismiss a complaint that is trying to prevent a Dollar General at the corner of North Sixth and Highland. According to Blytheville city attorney Mike Bearden, builders can continue work on the project while the two sides argue it out in court...

Ken Jackson, assistant director at the Ritz and owner of Arkham Comics, is someone many in the community might consider a well known man. Recently, however, after receiving a message on Facebook, he learned something he never knew about himself -- he has six siblings he has never met. Jackson is now actively working to connect with his long-lost siblings...