Stories from Monday, August 27, 2018

Donna Elizabeth Wells, age 63 of Blytheville, was called home Thursday August 23, 2018 at the St Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Donna was born in Blytheville, the only child of Don and Peggy Snodgrass. She was preceded in death by her father, Don Snodgrass and her beloved aunt, Maurene Hawkins...

Norma Willene Jackson, 78, of the Milligan Ridge community near Manila, passed from this life Friday, Aug, 24, 2018, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born to the late Roe Andrew and Lille Irene Hicks Jackson, she had been a lifelong resident of Milligan Ridge and was a 1958 graduate of Manila High School. ...

CHICAGO — Nucor Corp has emerged as the front runner to acquire Big River Steel, assuming its newer rival is really looking to sell, sources familiar with the matter said. Bids for the Osceola, Arkansas-based mini-mill flat-rolled steelmaker are due the first week of September, sources said...

Mrs. Martha M. Cary (nee: Bunch) of Foristell, Mo., passed away Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at her home.  Martha was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Manila, to George W. and Grace (nee: Hicks) Bunch. Martha had reached the age of 82 years. Martha was married to Carl Cary on March 8, 1958, in St. ...