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Ten ways to love your brain
(Column ~ 07/30/15)
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. It accounts for about 65 percent of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty remembering recent events, or short term memory loss. ...
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Timothy Byars
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Timothy "Tim" J. Byars died peacefully on July 26th in Salem, Va. at the age of 56. Tim is survived by his daughters, Beth Northern of Gosnell, Casey Pruett of Salem, Veronica Meng of Guyton, Ga.; and Nine grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his mother Billie Jean Tucker; his father, Joe M. Byars; and his brother, Tony Byars...
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Joey Askue, II
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Joey Lee Askue II, 24, of Armorel, passed from this life Sunday, July 26, 2015. Joey was born to Joey Askue and Bobbye Randallyn Fleeman in Blytheville and worked for Wallace and Stout Farms. Joey was a lifetime resident except for the years of honorable service to his country as a United States Marine. ...
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Robert Lipscomb
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Robert A. "Bob" Lipscomb of Jonesboro, formerly of Blytheville, died at the home of his son on July 28, 2015, at the age of 99. Bob was born February 23, 1916, and attended kindergarten on the Southeast Missouri State College campus. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 1934 and graduated from...
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Jean Thompson
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Jean Thompson, age 85, of Blytheville, passed from this life Monday, July 27, 2015 in Memphis. She was born in West Point, Ark. to Wayne and Corinne (Hamilton) Williams. Mrs. Thompson was a retired school teacher at Dell and Gosnell Public Schools. When she taught at Dell, she sponsored all of the Senior trips to Florida. ...
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Jean Henderson
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Jean Henderson, of Blytheville, departed this life, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cobb Funeral Home.
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KIPP receives grant
(Community News ~ 07/30/15)
The Kinder Morgan Foundation recently presented KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School with a $2,000 grant in support of the school's purchase of classroom library book sets. Representatives from Kinder Morgan recently gathered with KIPP students to present the grant. Pictured are (from left) Ronnie Taylor and Angel Benefield from Kinder Morgan; KIPPsters Isaiah McDade, Kayla Newson, Hayden Gryner and Jiya Patel; and KIPP Blytheville school director Maisie Wright...
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Courthouse battle continues
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
Legal representation for the city of Osceola announced plans Wednesday to submit extensive requests under the Freedom of Information Act to the Quorum Court of Mississippi County regarding their process in the county seat consolidation and new courthouse construction project. ...
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Open government is good government
(Column ~ 07/30/15)
Patriot Patrick Henry once said, "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." Thomas Paine also added, "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." Those wise words have never been more true that they are today...
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Eugene Branch
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Mr. Eugene Branch, 51, of Osceola, died Sunday, July 26, 2015 at South Mississippi County Medical Center in Osceola. He was born in Osceola, the son of Sugene Branch and Berthtiall Yankaway Branch. His father preceded him in death. After leaving Osceola to join the Job Corps, he completed the requirement for his GED...
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Joyce Jennings
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Mrs. Joyce Jo Jennings, 80, of Lepanto, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at her home. BornOctober 24, 1934 in Lepanto, to the late Glenn Whitlach and the late Clair Whitlach, she was a homemaker and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lepanto. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, John A. Jennings and one grandchild, Casey Milam...
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Upcoming road closures announced
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
Kris Powell, Project Manager with RL Persons Construction has made the City of Blytheville aware of a few street closures due to ongoing progress with Highway 18 construction in Blytheville. Powell said that NW Ash Street from Lilly Street to Ash Street will be permanently closed as of Wednesday, July 29th. He also announced that the north lane of Ash Street from South Division Street eastward until 11th Street will be temporarily closed as of August 3rd...
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City agrees to hand over equipment
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
The City of Blytheville has agreed, in principle, to finally return seven business machines to De Lage Landen Financial Services (DLLFS). The business machines include: three Toshiba color copiers, a reverse automatic document feeder, a saddle stitch finisher, a fax board and a Lexmark laser printer...
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Smoke free car and home campaign announced
(Community News ~ 07/30/15)
The Mississippi County Coalition For a Tobacco Free Arkansas is launching a "Smoke-free Home and Car Campaign". The coalition is seeking to educate parents, law enforcement and community members on the effects of secondhand smoke, Act 811, and the benefits of a tobacco-free lifestyle. ...
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Sales tax holiday coming up
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
The weekend of Aug. 1-2, a State Sales Tax Holiday will be in place for Arkansas. State and local sales tax will not be collected during this 48-hour period on the sale of clothing and footwear less than $100, clothing accessories and equipment less than $50, school supplies, school art supplies and school instructional materials...
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Southern sponsors Arts Council
(Community News ~ 07/30/15)
David Lyttle, (front left), Director of The Arts Council of Mississippi County, accepts a check from Gaylon Rogers, (front right), making Southern Bancorp a Silver Sponsor for The Arts Council for 2015-2016.Other bank personnel participating are (back, from left) Kanecha Echols, LaRay Cloud, Monte Hodges, Terri Bowling and Christie Patterson...
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Brown brothers arraigned on more charges
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
The Blytheville Police Department (BPD) announced that two of the persons arrested in connection with the Kennet grocery store robbery and its ensuing gunfight with the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department in Blytheville have been arraigned in Blytheville DIstrict Court on additional charges. The new charges are related to a June 19th shooting of two men, 25-year old Robert Alexander and 26-year old Alvin Rogers, on Walker Street...
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Middle school student robbed on campus
(Local News ~ 07/30/15)
Kezzie Lucas, mother of 13 year old Vancell Lucas, III, says that her son was robbed at gun point on 8th Street near the Blytheville boys middle school gym. Police reports indicate that approximately 3:30 p.m., Monday, July 27th, Lucas was leaving the basketball gym after basketball practice when he was approached by a younger black juvenile male. ...
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