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Sleet and freezing rain strikes Miss. Co.

Winter Blast rocks Northeast Arkansas - The first of what is expected to be two or even three rounds of winter weather rolled through the state Monday evening into early Tuesday. The first front began with rain which turned into freezing rain and sleet overnight. The winter storm left icy and slick roads all across the region. The winter blast caused the cancellation of athletic events Monday and Tuesday, closed schools and made travel hazardous. A second round of winter weather was expected to hit the area late Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. (Left) Gosnell Tuesday morning,
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    By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Mackenzie Thomas, Riverside senior softball standout, signed a letter of intent to play softball for the Williams Baptist University Lady Eagles. The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Coaches, family and teammates were on hand at the Riverside gym to congratulate Mackenzie...
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    Kadience Martin Woods, stillborn son of Joshua Edward and Mary Beth Ek Woods, Sr., passed away Jan. 28, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was preceded in death by his...
  • Lavern White
    Lavern White, 97, of Luxora, passed away Jan. 21, 2023, at GRMC in Blytheville. She was a homemaker, a member of Miracle Temple C.O.G.I.C. and motherboard in Luxora. Ms. White was born Jan. 4, 1926,...
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    Richard Keller
    Richard Keller, 80, of Jonesboro and formerly of Blytheville, passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Richard was born in Spartanburg, S.C., to Harold and...
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    Brenda Diane Ware Lytle
    Brenda Diane Ware Lytle, of Camden, De., formerly of Blytheville, was born Sept. 9, 1958, in San Bernadino, Calif., to Russell Ware, Sr. and Vivion Brown Ware. Brenda was a 1977 graduate of...
  • Patty Stovall Canada
    Mrs. Patty Stovall Canada, 96, of Hot Springs and formerly of Blytheville died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023 at her home in Hot Springs. Born in Tulsa, OK to the late Capitola Glazner and Robert Glazner,...
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    Shirley Ann Weatherspoon
    Shirley Ann Weatherspoon, 74, passed away Jan. 24, 2023, at UAMS Hospital in Little Rock. Shirley was born July 24, 1948, in Hughes to the late J.L. DeBose and Willie Mae Johnson. She was a homemaker...
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