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Rusty Thompson
(Obituary ~ 01/05/18)
Monette -- James Russell “Rusty” Thompson, 61, departed from this life Dec. 29, 2017 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Rusty was born Oct. 25, 1956, to Betty Chipman Thompson and James Estel Thompson in Monette. He worked in banking for the majority of his life. ...
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Alfreda Woods Dodson
(Local News ~ 01/05/18)
Mrs. Alfreda Woods Dodson, 85 of Cordova, Tennessee formerly of Blytheville passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday January 2, 2018. Born in Caruthersville, Missouri on September 7, 1932 she was the daughter of Willie D. and Carrie Brown Woods. ...
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Betty Jean Skelton
(Obituary ~ 01/05/18)
Mrs. Betty Jean Skelton, 70, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at her home. Betty was born to Stanton and Christine (Greene) Clark and was the co-owner and operator of Skelton’s Grocery in Halfmoon. She was very active in the daily operations of their store. Betty was devoted to her family and very active in her daughter’s lives. Betty was a great wife, mother, and grandmother...
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Fowl weather friends: Armorel students print 3-D duck leg
(Local News ~ 01/05/18)
ARMOREL, Ark. (AP) — Eighth-grade science students have used a 3-D printer to create a prosthetic leg for a duck found without a foot shortly after he hatched. The students in northeastern Arkansas created the leg at Armorel High School's environmental and spatial technology lab for an 8-month-old Indian runner duck named Peg...
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Pirates fall to rival Manila
(High School Sports ~ 01/05/18)
GOSNELL— The Gosnell Pirates were defeated, 60-50, Friday to a talented Manila Lions team in a 3A/4A blended conference matchup. The Pirates (5-7, 1-5) trailed 12-4 after the first quarter, but stormed back to lead 18-17 with 2:50 left in the first half. The Lions (13-4, 5-2), however, led the Pirates 21-20 at the halfway mark...
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Chicks hold off Wynne; Lady Chicks cruise
(High School Sports ~ 01/05/18)
The Blytheville Chickasaws held off a Wynne fourth-quarter rally, Friday night, to claim a 61-55 conference win at Chickasaw Gym. The Chicks (4-2, 8-6) lead by double digits most of the way and were up 42-27 going into the final eight minutes. Wynne closed the gap to 57-51 with about a minute to play, but the Chicks held on after two key free throws and a putback by Winston Peace in the closing seconds...
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UPDATE: Man shot, taken to BPD by individuals
(Local News ~ 01/05/18)
Friday at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers of the Blytheville Police Department responded to calls concerning a shooting that had just occurred in the area of 1st and Rose Streets. A press release, issued Saturday, by Blytheville Chief of Police Ross Thompson says, “Moments later a car pulled up in front of the Police Department with a subject that had been shot. The victim was identified as 20-year-old B/M Antonio Knox of Blytheville. Knox had been shot in the area of 1st and Rose and was transported to the department by two good Samaritans. Knox was unconscious and had sustained life threatening injuries which consisted of two severed arteries."
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