Stories from Thursday, August 30, 2018

Penny L. Gilliam, 50, of Blytheville passed away on August 24th at NEA Baptist Hospital, Jonesboro Arkansas. She was born in Blytheville on August 9, 1968 to Charles and Carolyn Gilliam. She attended Blytheville schools and Arkansas Northeastern College. She studied early childhood education and childcare...

Special prosecutor Jason Barrett confirmed that former Blytheville Waterworks general manager Gary Phillips was arrested Thursday morning. Barrett declined to comment on the investigation. According to reports, Phillips, 56, resigned in September 2014 shortly before discrepancies were found in Blytheville Waterworks deposits...

Blytheville police have arrested 19-year-old Quincy Whitfield of Blytheville on murder charges in the April 2017 death of 22-year-old Delvin Meadows of Blytheville. On April 07, 2017 Officers of the Blytheville Police Department responded to the 2200 block of West Rose Street in Blytheville in reference to a person who had been shot...

Mississippi County Judge Terri Brassfield has confirmed that federal agents arrested Mississippi County Landfill director Wil Allen Thursday. “I do not have any comments at this point other than I knew he was arrested and this is a personnel issue and I have no more comments at this time,”Brassfield said...