Stories from Monday, January 22, 2018

Jessica Elaine Benham, age 37, of Leachville, former Manila resident, passed from this life Thursday, January 18, 2018, at her home. Born in North Little Rock, AR, she was the daughter of the late Billy Wayne and Peggy Ford Benham and had been a Leachville resident since the death of her father in 2017...

Perlie Sneed, 82, of Caraway passed away Jan. 19, 2018, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born Dec. 23, 1935, in Leachville to the late Thomas and Lorene Bryan. Survivors include one son, Max Sneed of Georgia; three daughters, Joyce Sparkman of Harrison, Janice Benham of Manila and Saundra Sneed of Caraway; one brother; five sisters; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends...

More than 2,600 Blytheville residents found themselves without power early Monday morning, particularly those located between Chickasawba Street and Country Club Road and also between North Division and 2nd Street. According to Matt Faries, a Customer Service Manager for Entergy, the outage occurred around 5 a.m. with repairs being completed around 7 a.m. Monday morning...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police investigated a burglary in the 1100 block of Thompson. — Police arrested Charity Sisk, 46, on charges of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana, Xanax) in the 1000 block of South Division...

Larry George Flagg, 78, of Manila died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Blytheville, he was the son of the late George and Louise Bumbalough Flagg and had been a lifelong Manila area resident. A 1957 graduate of Manila High School, Larry later served in the U.S. ...

Bobby Lynn Jones, son of the late Nathan Allen Jones and Dora Mae Denbow, was born on Wednesday, May 10, 1944, in Manila. On Feb. 28, 1982, in Paragould, Bobby was united in marriage to Carolyn Biby Jones, who mourns his death. Bobby served his country in the United States Navy. Mr. Jones died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2018, at North Eastern Arkansas Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 73 years, 8 months, and 7 days...

Duan Harris, 29, was convicted today of Second Degree Battery and Attempted Rape by a jury of seven men and five women in Mississippi County Circuit Court. This incident happened in October of 2016, according to Second Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington. ...