Stories from Sunday, May 1, 2016

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. Many in our area of the Delta have suffered for years with a lack of access to health care, but thanks to the Great River Charitable Clinic, their chronic needs are finally being met in large part...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. The cycle of domestic abuse is an especially tough one to break - statistics show that many women living with an abusive partner will leave and then return to the abuser up to seven times before they are able to end the relationship permanently. ...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. For years, the Mission served only men, but in 2009, a women's shelter was added to the current location. In addition to the shelters, there are a chapel and two warehouses on the property...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. For the better part of the past three decades, the Blytheville Ministerial Alliance has played a pivotal role of meeting the needs of the community both spiritually and physically. An alliance of over 20 churches and congregations and multiple denominations, the Ministerial Alliance brings together a broad mix of spiritual leaders that have diverse backgrounds and experiences to help the community...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. Stacy Harris and Acts of Hope are offering just that...hope. They are able to show a young mother an ultrasound of her child and to help her find safe alternatives for her and the baby, so that they can both remain alive and do better for themselves...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. In early 1992, the Rev. Stephen C. Brizzi and a group of area ministers acquired the use of a church fellowship hall and some warehouse storage space, took to the streets to raise an operating budget of $765, and founded the Blytheville-Gosnell Area Food Pantry...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. Francis of Assisi once said "Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." For many years the Blytheville Humane Society operated by doing what was necessary. Rescuing dogs and cats, some of the rescues found homes others were euthanized...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. The Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Awards have been given out yearly since 1982 and each year no more than 12 cities from all across the state are recognized. Since that time, the City of Blytheville has developed a reputation of winning. Blytheville received the award for the first time in 1997 as well as in 2012, 2013 and 2014...

A tow truck driver escaped injury when his rig went up in flames around 4:30 p.m. Sunday near the north Blytheville exit on Interstate 55. According to State Trooper Brandon Bennett, while driving down the interstate, the man noticed a spark coming from the dash and pulled over to check it out. "As soon as he got out of the truck, it went up in flames," Bennett said. A malfunctioning turbo backfiring reportedly caused the blaze. The rig is owned by Dave's Auto Repair and Towing of Sikeston, Mo...

Editor's Note: This article is part of the CN's Progress 2016. Rhonda Hodges has endured some of the most painful situations in life. Molestation. Domestic violence. Infertility. Poverty. Today, she speaks courageously about those events, both in public settings and one-on-one conversations, with the hope of helping young women through their difficult seasons...

Blytheville police are investigating two robberies within minutes of each other Saturday night -- at Jordan's Quick Stop on Division and the Shell Station on the North Service Road.