Stories from Thursday, April 30, 2015

Severe weather and tornado season are here. Although severe weather or tornados can strike at anytime, March through May is considered primary tornado season.

Brought to a South Lilly home by their mothers, a group allegedly attacked a 2-month pregnant juvenile Wednesday night, stomping on her and hitting her stomach with a table leg.

Mary Lee Thomason, 92, of Siloam Springs, formerly of Leachville, the widow of Mr. Warren D Thomason, passed from this life Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Willard Walker Hospice in Fayetteville.

Kenyetta Lynn Johnson, 35, of West Memphis, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Hospice Center in Jonesboro.

Dan Eldon Minirth, 72, of Manila, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at his home.

Mary Lee Thomason, 92, of Siloam Springs, formerly of Leachville, widow of Warren D. Thomason, passed from this life Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Willard Walker Hospice in Fayetteville. ...

Dan Eldon Minirth, 72, of Manila, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at his home. A lifelong Manila resident, Dan was the son of the late Dan Adam and Pearl Smith Minirth, was a 1961 graduate of Manila High School, and served in the U.S. ...