Stories from Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Blytheville Parks and Recreation Director Elroy Brown, Mayor James Sanders and Blytheville City Council members John Musgraves, R.L. Jones and Barbara Brothers were on hand Tuesday morning to announce that the State of Arkansas has awarded the city of Blytheville $41,500 for the city's parks...

Monday evening, a large gathering of Blytheville residents attended the city's first Public Works Committee meeting of the new year and while the meeting was organized and well managed, the passion of those in attendance was very obvious. Jeremy Wegner and John Caufield, both project managers for BNSF, and Steve Weston for the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department were invited to speak to the committee regarding BNSF's request to close Cherry Street and their plan to increase track speed to a maximum speed of 59 miles per hour. ...

Dessie Bernice Dunn, 71, of Monette passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Aug. 24, 1945, to the late Harm and Sarah Edna Watkins Finley. Mrs. Dunn was a homemaker, attended Lake City First Assembly of God Church, loved spending time with her grandchildren, gardening, fishing and watching wrestling...

Mr. Michael Duane Cole, age 45 of Kennett, Missouri, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at his home. Born December 2, 1971 in Hayti, Mo., he was the son of James and Judy Douglas Cole. Mr. Cole enjoyed music, watching sports and going to stock car races...

Mr. Guy Floyd Cutshall, Jr. was born on June 30, 1956 to Guy Floyd Cutshall, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Cutshall in Kansas City, Missouri. He departed this life on January 2, 2017 at the age of 60. He was a farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Barbara Faye Morrow Cutshall and a sister, Victoria Lorene Cutshall...