Stories from Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Floyd Ervin Williams, 76, of Leachville, passed from this life July 7, 2015, at Saint Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Pratem, Mo., he had been a longtime Leachville area resident and was retired from the former Stanley Brock Farms in Leachville...

Alvin DeWayne Edwards, 90, of Manila, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Illinois, he was the son of the late Homer and Pearl Windham Edwards. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and also served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. Mr. Edwards was a retired roofer and had been a Manila resident for the past 15 years...

Jerry Lee Ball, 69, of Paragould, died Friday, July 10, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Brandsville, Mo., he was the son of the late John and Cora Ellison Ball and was raised in the Hornersville, Mo., area. ...

Dorothy Marie Ballard, 80, longtime Monette resident and widow of Mr. Gerald Edgar Ballard, passed from this life, Monday, July 13, 2015, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born in Rivervale, she was the daughter of the late Alvie and Annie Bell Coyle Thomas and was raised in the Caraway area. ...

Years ago, when dinner was ready, you rang the dinner bell. In the Buffalo Island area, that usually included your family and anyone working for you or just someone that happened to stop by at noon. Some of the old-timers remember planning their day to be sure to be at a particularly good cook's house to hear that dinner bell ringing...

In its meeting Thursday, July 9 the Caraway City Council agreed to purchase a 2004 fire truck from the city of Jonesboro. Fire Chief Scott Browning informed the council of the need for an additional fire truck and presented the cost of some trucks. ...

In its regular meeting Thursday, July 9, the Riverside School Board approved milk and bread bids along with the purchase of a new bus in prepartion for the new school year. After approving both the minutes of the its June 1 and June 5 meetings, the board approved the finacial statements for June. ...

The Butterfly House opened June 22 and Danna Deaton, founder, called it a miracle from God. The project began as a faith vision in 2011 and Deaton gives praise to the many people who have generously supported the cause with donations, prayers and labor...

Police arrested 30-year-old Chantell Allen Peoples around 11 a.m. Tuesday at his 1309 West Ash home in connection with a shooting of his wife last Thursday. Originally, 20-year-old Chrishunda Aldridge told police that she was carrying her infant child when she was shot outside the residence, which police now say wasn't the case...

The Blytheville Fire Department responded to a reported house fire in the 1000 block of Rollison St. around 10:09 p.m. Monday night. No fire was ongoing upon their arrival. One occupant was injured, with burns to the occupant's extremities, as a result of dropping a pan of hot grease removed from the kitchen stove. Pafford Emergency Service transported the injured to Great River Medical Center and BFD departed the scene at 10:31 p.m...

Bishop Randy Crenshaw of God's Holy Temple Church, 2065 S. Division, announced that the 6th Annual Stop the Violence Prayer Day" will be held beginning 10 a.m., Saturday, July 18th. The event will be held at the new Prayer Garden located on Walnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets. The event is expected to last for about two hours...

The NEA Association, which sponsors the River Delta, Lights of the Delta, and Northeast Arkansas Scholarship Pageants was well represented and recognized at the 2015 Miss Arkansas Pageant. There were eight contestants, of the 46, that were present or former titleholders of one of our three pageants. Each shined on the Miss Arkansas stage...

Blytheville Chief of Police Ross Thompson told the CN that the severe thunderstorm that moved through the Blytheville area Tuesday afternoon has blown a tree and some power lines across portions of South Division in the vicinity of Rabin Tire. This has caused some traffic problems. Officers are in the process of putting down cones to direct traffic in that area...