Stories from Friday, April 3, 2020

The first case of Covid-19 has been discovered at Arkansas State University and, in another instance, a student has been tested and is awaiting resuts. Both were announced to students in a campus security alert as well as an e-mail from chancellor Kelly Damphouse late this week...

Laterica Heard was born July 11, 1981 in Blytheville to Margaret Mayberry and the late Loyd Anderson, Sr. She departed this life on Wednesday April 1, 2020, at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. She was preceded in death by her father Loyd Anderson, Sr. and her grandparents...

Jerry Wayne ‘Benji’ Brown, 46, passed away unexpectedly from a pre-existing medical condition on March 30, 2020. He was born in Malvern on Oct. 31, 1973, to Penny Gaye and Jerry Dale Brown.  He leaves behind his beloved wife of 14 years, Gaye Anne Brown, of Benton. ...