Stories from Monday, August 20, 2018

Mississippi County authorities are investigating a body found around 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Mississippi River near the Sans Souci landing area in Osceola. According to a report from the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department, two barge personnel retrieved the body from the main channel of the Mississippi River and had it contained in an area along the bank of the river just south of Sans Souci...

A woman pled guilty to manslaughter Monday in the November 2016 hit-and-run death of Darrin Scott Henson. Sara Avery, 26, received 72 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. On Nov. 18, 2016, Henson was riding his bicycle on State Highway 239, just north of Blytheville, when he was struck...

Arlene Faulkner, 60, of Caraway, passed away Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, at her home. She was born July 21, 1958, in Lepanto to the late Samuel David and Mary Ollie Stoner Hicks. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Caraway, enjoyed reading the Bible and praising God through song, telling others about God, took great pride in keeping a clean house, had a big heart, and loved her children...