BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announces that this afternoon a Mississippi County Jury sitting in Blytheville found Anfernee Wells, 27 of Blytheville, guilty of Murder in the First Degree, in the shooting death of Vincent Stone, 22 of Blytheville, at Williams Park on June 22, 2015. [read more…]
WILSON, Ark. – An accident has claimed the life of a long-time school employee at Rivercrest Schools, the Blytheville Courier reports. Charles A. Hamm, 75, was killed Wednesday morning, April 12, in a tragic accident at the “bus barn” of Rivercrest Schools, the Courier reported. Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department was [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – JCPenney will be leaving the Chickasaw Plaza in Blytheville. The Penney’s location at 301 North Service Road in Blytheville is one of 138 stores announced to be closing. A press release says most of the stores will be closing in June, affecting approximately 5,000 jobs nationwide. “JCPenney [read more…]
JONESBORO — Tickets for the Inaugural Benefit Concert at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival go on sale Friday, March 3, at 10 a.m. at the Arkansas State University Box Office, Convocation Center, 217 Olympic Drive. The festival will be held Oct. 19-21 (Thursday through Saturday) in Dyess, Ark. The concert [read more…]
JONESBORO — Two of America’s most renowned singer-songwriters will headline the first Johnny Cash Heritage Festival to be held Oct. 19-21 (Thursday through Saturday) in Dyess, Ark. Rosanne Cash and Kris Kristofferson, multiple Grammy Award winners and national treasures, are set to perform at the festival’s Inaugural Concert, which takes [read more…]
DYESS, Ark. – An event full of history will launch its new chapter in 2017 as the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival and on Monday, the lineup will be revealed. The daughter of the late iconic Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, will be in person to announce the talent lineup regarding the Johnny [read more…]
JONESBORO — A pair of experts who have researched and authored publications about legendary singer Johnny Cash and the New Deal era will be the keynote speakers at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival Symposium, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 19-21, in Dyess. Michael Streissguth, a professor of communication and film studies [read more…]
District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announces: On Friday, December 8, 2016, an Osceola District, Mississippi County, jury convicted Terrell Harrell, 25, of Luxora, Ark., for the March 2, 2015 Aggravated Robbery and Kidnapping of Robert Birmingham, 68, also of Luxora, and a decorated disabled Vietnam veteran. Ellington credited the great [read more…]
OSCEOLA, Ark. – A reward is being offered in the murder of an Osceola man. The Facebook post by the Osceola Police Department says a $1,000 reward, paid for by the family, will go toward anyone providing information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the individual (s) responsible [read more…]
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. – A tragic vehicle accident claimed the lives of two residents of Northeast Arkansas on Friday. The crash happened at 10:22 a.m. Friday morning, according to the Arkansas State Police crash report. It says a 2009 Mini Cooper driven by Becky M. Blevin, 41, of Brookland, was [read more…]
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