Stories from Thursday, February 27, 2014

Reba McEntire, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn Will Take the Stage August 15th On the Campus of Arkansas State University JONESBORO - Reba McEntire, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn will perform at this year's Johnny Cash Music Festival, according to an announcement made by concert producer and festival founder Bill Carter. ...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mrs. Sadie Washington, 80, of Blytheville, died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at Great River Medical Center.

Imagine taking your child for a routine checkup and learning he or she has cancer. As a parent of young children, I can't think of a more devastating report.

The former director of Main Street Osceola has been arrested for theft of property from the downtown organization in that city.

The Mississippi County Sheriff's Department has received its new patrol rescue boat.

The Delta Gateway Museum will be hosting its Second Annual Heritage Party on Saturday.

Blytheville Public Works Director Marvin Crawford reminds residents about some sanitation garbage, recycling and trash debris removal guidelines.

Blytheville Public Works Director Marvin Crawford is encouraging citizens to report littering and illegal dumping inside the city.

Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson reduced the $1 million cash bond issued for Freddie Sharp III, who is in custody at the Mississippi County Jail on rape charges of 11-year-old murder victim Jessica Williams, to a $500,000 bond on Thursday.

Gary V. Bailey of Dallas, Texas, son of the late Earline and Norman Bailey and brother of the late Bill Bailey, died Feb. 19, 2014. He leaves his wife Cecelia, son Stuart Bailey, daughter Mylana Bailey Burt, and his sister Jeannie Pruitt. He was known as Big Guy to six grandchildren...

The 34th Annual St. Jude Kids ESA Radiothon/Cablethon will be held this weekend in Blytheville.

Thursday morning, Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson said there will be no citation issued to Sheriff Dale Cook, who was apparently traveling speeds in excess of 100 mph Friday night on Airbase Highway.

Steven Ray Clayton, age 33, of Greenbrier, Ark., formerly of Leachville, died early Wednesday Feb. 26, 2014, at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, from injuries received in an automobile accident near Greenbrier. ...

Joyce Jackson, age 70, of Leachville former longtime Manila resident, the widow of Henry Wesley Jackson, died Sunday Feb. ...

Thomas R. Yarch, age 68, of Jonesboro died Wednesday Feb 26, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was the son of the late Leo and Ruth Shirmun Yarch and was raised in Michigan. He had lived several years in Nevada and was a retired heavy equipment operator. Survivors include his wife, Yolanda Yarch of the home; his son, Wesley Yarch of Jonesboro;...

Dora Gaye Ashabranner Mattheus, age 88, of Manila, passed from this life Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born February 20, 1926, in Manila, she was the daughter of Ed and Mary Louise Pierce Ashabranner and had been a lifelong Manila resident. She was the widow of Kenneth Mattheus and was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church...