Stories from Monday, January 24, 2022

On Jan. 23, at approximately 2 pm, an officer of the Blytheville Police Department observed a vehicle driving hazardously. “The officer made contact with the driver who stated they were taking a gunshot victim to the hospital,” BPD chief Ross Thompson said...

Carol Moore Trapp, 75, of Dell, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Carol was born in Joiner to Leslie and Martha Wood Moore. She was retired from Borg Warner and was a member of Cole Ridge Baptist Church. ...

Eva Darlene Hetler, 75, of Leachville, widow of Billy Hetler, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born to the late Jack and Eva Dee Colburn Blocker, she was a lifelong area resident and had attended Leachville Public Schools. ...

Cynthia Lynne "Cindy" Copeland, 59, of Monette, passed from this life Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock. Born in Whittier, Calif., she had been a longtime resident of Monette. Cindy was a U.S. ...

Michael Freeman was born Jan. 10, 1971, to Albert Freeman and Louelle Anderson Freeman. He departed this life Jan. 18, 2022, at his home in Blytheville at the age of 51. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by one son, Detrell Davis; two brothers, Robert Lewis and Brandon Anderson, all of Blytheville; one: sister, Mary Ann Franklin of West Memphis; two aunts, Margaret Valliant and Edna Washington; a special friend, Evelyn Burks all of Blytheville; and he also leaves a host of other family members and friends.. ...

Sandra Janet Hamm of Blytheville was born March 8, 1946, in Pontotoc, Miss., to the late Clarence Maynor and the late Zelder Smith Maynor. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Hamm passed away Jan. 19, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 75. She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Maynor; her mother, Zelder Smith Maynor; one brother, Hershel Maynor; and three sisters, Francis Scott, Clara Virginia Wozar and Opal Hill...

A Blytheville Middle School teacher was struck by a bus at the school around 3:45 p.m., Monday, according to Blytheville police chief Ross Thompson. “She was transported to the hospital with obvious injuries the extent of which are unknown,” he said...