Stories from Thursday, September 30, 2021

Shirley Lapa of Trenton, Tenn., formerly of Blytheville, passed away Sept. 10, 2021, after a five-year battle with Alzheimer's dementia. Shirley was preceded in death by three of her children, Kelly, Mackie and Valorie; her parents, Jean and Homer Connell; two brothers, Homer Gene and Jimmy Connell...

Charlotte Rice, 74, of Peabody, Kan., longtime Manila resident, passed from this life Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Peabody. Born in Manila, she was the daughter of the late J.B. and Helen Hedge Rice and was a 1964 graduate of Manila High School. Charlotte was a retired clerk for the Union Pacific Railroad and was a longtime member of the Bethany Baptist Church in Manila. ...

John Thomas Yankaway Jr., 66, passed away Sept. 26, 2021, at his residence in Osceola. He was a retired factory worker, a deacon and a member of Macedonia M.B. Church in Wilson. Mr. Yankaway was born May 9, 1955, in Osceola to John and Rebecca Branch Yankaway Sr. ...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Osceola, Arkansas, to make water and wastewater improvements to support the region’s growing steel sector. This EDA grant, to be matched with $955,405 in local funds, is expected to create 100 jobs and generate $2 billion in private investment...