Stories from Monday, September 29, 2014

Teresa Ann McKinney Haley, 48, of Collierville, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Linda Kay Parnell Johnson, 64, of Osceola, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in Memphis.

Kay Nichols, 56, of Caldwell, Missouri, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Methodist Memorial Hospital in Paragould.

Nancy Webb Summitt, 72, of Blytheville, passed from this life Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

Members of the Blytheville Chickasaws Booster Club prepared the pregame meal for the Chickasaws before their final non-conference game of the season Sept. 19 at Haley Field against Marion. Club members prepared chicken snackers for the players and coaches and also served potato chips. The members include (from left) Club President June Walters, Courtney Fisher and Jennifer Johnson...

Tiffany and Daniel Schrecengost of Blytheville announce the arrival of Isabella Grace Schrecengost, born on July 29, 2014, in Blytheville. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 21 3/4 inches long. She joins one sibling, Bentley Isaiah Schrecengost, who is 2...

Zeva was found in a ditch. She is approximately 7 weeks old and had her first puppy shot and worming. She loves to play with other dogs and people. She is in a foster home so please call the adoption coordinator at 870-838-5512 if you would like to meet her...

Hubby Steve and I were out walking around the garden here at the Lendennie Homestead, when he turned to me and said "Can I go ahead and put out my lighted pumpkins?"

I am not a member of the Hospital Board, nor do I have any financial connection to the Hospital System. I do have a personal connection with the hospital system, though -- the hospital put a roof over my head as a child. When my father retired from the Air Force in 1969, he became laboratory director for what was then Chickasawba Hospital and worked there until he retired. ...

Early voting for the special election for the proposed hospital tax will begin Tuesday, Oct. 7.

After 13 years of serving the community, Charles and Ellen Moody have decided to sell The Learning Stop, as well as the building in which it is located on Main Street.

A special screening of the historic movie "Bombers B-52" will be presented for one showing only at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 at The Ritz Civic Center in Blytheville.

Mrs. Georgia Ann Carson, 92, of Lepanto, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Deputy Alex Heard has retired from the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department, after 46 years in law enforcement. Heard was honored with a reception at the department Monday afternoon. Heard (left) is pictured with Sheriff Dale Cook.

Gosnell's school board heard annual reports to the public from its elementary, secondary and special services administrators during Monday night's meeting.

Sharon Barger, assistant executive director of the Blytheville Housing Authority was recently inducted into the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials "Housing Hall of Fame." Barger was nominated by her boss, Sue Alexander, executive director of the Blytheville Housing Authority...