Stories from Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Back in October, Healing in the Hood launched a new program titled Victims of Crime Advocacy (VOCA) in conjunction with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. The Victim Crime Act of 1984 was created to assist states in providing services directly related to the emotional healing and recovery of crime victims...

Catherine Lay Buck, 93, passed peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family on Jan. 18, 2020, in Half Moon. Cathy was born in Pocahontas, Vir., to Michael and Pauline Danish. After the death of her father when she was 10, Cathy was blessed with a loving stepfather, Ernest Lay. She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather; and sister, Mary Millwood...

Robert Edward Jones “Hobo” was born March 26, 1960, to Jimmy Jones of Wynne and the late Jimmie Doris Jones. He was a factory worker and a member of the Baptist faith. Mr. Jones passed away on Jan. 13, 2020, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 59. He was preceded in death by his mother Jimmie Doris Jones, one brother Larry Joe Moore and one sister Brenda Johnson...

Ike Lee Caruthers, Jr., 61, of Osceola, died Jan. 15, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was the manager at the Shell station in Osceola, 33 year member of Bethel Church in Osceola, pastored Apostolic House of Worship in Turrell for one year, former Sunday school teacher at Bethel Church and prison ministry at ADC in Osceola. ...

Barney Sanders, 79, of Osceola died Jan. 16, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. After 33 years he was a retired inspector for Ford Motor Company in Chicago, Ill., and a member of Bethlehem Temple Church in Harvey, Ill. Mr. Sanders was born March 19, 1940, in Chicago to Harvey and Dorothy Flenoy Sanders, Sr. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Yolanda Wright; two brothers, Harvey Sanders, Jr. and Delbert Sanders; and one grandchild Stephanie Wright...

A McDonald's employee was robbed at gunpoint early Saturday morning when opening the restaurant on South Division in Blytheville, according to Capt. John Frazier, the CID commander of the Blytheville Police Department. Frazier said around 4 a.m., Saturday, an employee of McDonald's on South Division was opening for the day when an unknown individual approached her from behind with a firearm and demanded that the safe be opened...

A Craighead County deputy was injured when a suspect fired shots after crashing his vehicle during a chase near Caraway on Monday afternoon. According to Craighead County Sheriff’s Department chief investigator Justin Rolland, Eugene Collins is in custody after firing at the deputy and a Caraway police officer...

Great River Medical Center is giving facelifts to its inpatient rooms. In his report to the Mississippi County Hospital Board, Monday, hospital system CEO Chris Raymer said rooms 244 and 245 have been renovated, with plans to upgrade the aesthetics of other rooms as well...

Seven children who were onboard a Hoxie (Lawrence County) School bus were injured about 3:45 this afternoon (Tuesday) when a dump truck, traveling south along U.S. Highway 63, south of Hoxie, impacted the rear of the bus as it began to turn-off the main highway onto Lawrence County Road 703. The crash caused the bus to veer off the roadway and overturn. The adult drivers of both the bus and truck were also injured...