Stories from Thursday, January 4, 2018

Edna Ruth Acord, 73, of Manila, passed from this life Jan. 2, 2018, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born and raised in Senath, Mo., she was the daughter of the late W.T. and Luveda Carrington Bailey. She was a retired store manager with Jr. Food Mart in Manila and a longtime member of Calvary Baptist Church...

A man lost his life after being shot and crashing into a building around 9 p.m. Thursday. According to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson, 26-year-old Jonathan Akers was shot several blocks from the accident scene. The vehicle he was riding in crashed into the Seth Holifield State Farm building on East Main. The driver, 24-year-old Devion Carter of Blytheville, was flown to a Memphis hospital.