Stories from Friday, May 15, 2020

Jessie Lynn Slaughter, 73, of Armorel passed away Saturday, May 9, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was born in Henning, Tenn., on Jan. 13, 1947, to Arch Gilbert “Buster” Slaughter and Allie Pauline Cotton Slaughter. He attended high school in Osceola. He accepted a position at Nibco and was employed there for over 25 years...

With the Blytheville courthouse renovations underway, the Blytheville Emergency Squad knew it had only a year or two before having to relocate. However, according to a member of the Emergency Squad, Mike Godsey, Mississippi County Judge John Alan Nelson informed him Thursday that the organization had until Monday to move out of the building...