Stories from Monday, July 18, 2016

The transition regarding Walnut and Ash Streets as two-way streets is not yet completed, Mayor James Sanders office said Monday morning. The change will be completed once the white hash marks on the roadways have been painted yellow. More details will be released as they become available...

As of mid-morning Monday, traffic on Walnut Street in Blytheville became two-way for the first time in decades. As stripers completed the shift two yellow dotted lines Monday, the change was immediate. Signs and additional police officers will be posted today to assist in the transition, according to Police Chief Ross Thompson...

Blytheville police officers investigated an aggravated domestic assault in the 1000 block of Rollison Friday night. Police arrested a juvenile who allegedly pointed a gun at her grandmother. The report said after an argument over the child's curfew, the girl pinned her grandmother to the floor and pointed the gun at her. ...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police investigated a breaking and entering report in the 1000 block of South Franklin. Missing were two gas cans, a trimmer and lawn mower. -- Police took a harassment report in the 300 block of South Division...

Frances Norene Whiteaker, 76 of Leachville, passed from this life Sunday July 17, 2016, at the Senath Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Senath, Mo. Born in Mountain View, Ark. she was the daughter of the late Johnny and Maie Holt Pitts, had lived much of her life in Michigan, and had been a Leachville resident since 1986...

Sherrie Lynn Shepard, of Leachville, passed from this life Sunday July 17, 2016, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro on her forty-ninth birthday. She was born in Monette to the late Terry Ray "Red" and Mary Ann Stockinger Puckett and was a lifelong area resident...