Stories from Thursday, May 15, 2014

Virginia Charlene "Chuckie" Williams, 67, of Manila passed from this life, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at her home. Born in Bono, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Neval Lora Hanes Adaire and had been a longtime Manila resident. ...

Douglas Wayne Dearen, 61, of Caruthersville, Mo., passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at his home. Born March 25, 1953, in Memphis, he was the son of the late James and Pearl Morgan Dearen. Mr. Dearen was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed fishing...

Teresa Dianne Hiser, 58, of Manila, passed from this life, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Rountree and had been a lifelong resident of the Manila and Leachville area. She attended Manila High School and was a former employee of the Monette Manor Nursing Center...

Sometimes everything just comes together at the right time. At the beginning of the season, longtime Gosnell Pirate head coach, Bret Jackson, announced he was stepping down after the 2014 campaign. If you could attach the title "hard luck" in front of any coach's name, it would be in front of Jackson's...

Mrs. Virginia Charlene "Chuckie" Williams, 67, of Manila, passed from this life Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at her home.

Mr. James V. Smith, 83, of Holland, Mo, died Thursday, May 15, 2014, at his home.

Mr. Johnnie Razor, 65, of Blytheville, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, in Blytheville.

Teresa Dianne Hiser, 58, of Manila, passed from this life, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro.

Leanne Hines of Blytheville died Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

Mrs. Betty Dickens, 77, of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at Phil and Flo Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

Mr. Sherlon Rachel Carpenter Blount, 78, of Gosnell, passed from this life Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the Baptist South Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla.

Five high school teams within 30 miles of the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex are heading out of the area this weekend to compete in their respective state tournaments.

The Delta Gateway Museum, 210 W. Main, will hold an art show opening and reception for local physician Dr. Siamak Shahriari from 5-7 p.m. today (Thursday).

Dr. Lynnette Bryant is running for governor of Arkansas because she wants to challenge the current government, which she says has forgotten it is meant to be run by the people.

Mistakes made under the city of Blytheville's former finance director, LaVera Kuykendall, might have resulted in the 2014 budget being created with "wrong numbers," according to Finance Committee Chair Tommy Abbott.

Blytheville High School New Tech was one of 32 schools across the state of Arkansas to be placed on the Arkansas Department of Education's "Academic Distress" list.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe announced Wednesday that he has temporarily appointed Theresa Brassfield of Blytheville as Mississippi County Judge, until such time as elected Judge Randy Carney "is physically able to resume his duties."

Mr. William Daniel, 90, of Blytheville, died Firday, May 19, 2014, in Blytheville.