Stories from Friday, July 27, 2018

Blytheville police are investigating a report that an AT&T store employee fraudulently used multiple social security numbers and bank card numbers to purchase 40 iPhones. The fraudulent transactions total $45,699. Rayshawnda Johnson is suspected of making the purchases, which began around May 14, according to a report from the Blytheville Police Department...

“Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong. They are weak, but he is strong.” Page 1014 in the hymnal at the Osceola Church of Christ was Lance Smith’s favorite song. “He was a loving, kind-hearted boy,” his mother, Pam Smith, said in an interview with The Times Tuesday morning...