Stories from Friday, December 7, 2012

Riverside East and West fifth grade students were recognized Friday, Nov. 30, at the 2012 DARE graduation. It was the first graduation for new DARE Officer Deputy Jamey Carter with the Craighead County Sheriff's Department. Deputy Carter welcomed students, teachers and parents...

Mr. Cleamon Leroy Redd, 61, of Gosnell, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Mr. Ronald Ray Mahan, 63, of Osceola, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Osceola.

Mr. Robert Earl Lee Jr., 45, of Jacksonville, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Jacksonville

Mary Elizabeth Jeffers, 69, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.

Mr. Mark Wayne Atteberry, 42, of Blytheville, passed from this life Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at his home.

I've griped about this before, and I can't resist griping about it again. It's an annual thing for me.

Elected officials and community activists from nearly a dozen counties in east Arkansas met Thursday at Arkansas Northeastern College to look at where the region is heading in its "reNEW East Arkansas" strategic planning.

The 15th Annual Tree of Memories Memorial Service will take place Saturday evening at Cobb Funeral Home on Main Street.

A new economic development contract will be proposed to the Mississippi County Quorum Court during their December meeting.

The 62st annual Blytheville Christmas Parade is at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Friday).

A Blytheville student lost his life after suffering fatal gunshot wounds while walking home from school Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Nolan Faye Brown, 81, of Blytheville, died Dec. 4, 2012 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.