By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier The Manila School Board held its last meeting of the year with student expulsion hearings. Following the approval of minutes and financials, the board went into a ...

Caraway City Council held its final regular meeting of 2024 on Dec. 12. Council members voted unanimously to purchase a new police radio at a cost of $2,955.31. Council members present were Jeff Rea, ...

Cheryle Grissom was honored with a retirement reception last week. She was presented a framed proclamation from Mississippi County Judge John A. Nelson. Grissom has worked for the Mississippi County ...

The BIC School Board met in short session Tuesday evening, to elect 2025 officers and discuss plans for the new year. Stacey Thomas was chosen as the new BIC Board of Directors President, with Eric ...

Olivia Thomas was at the right place at the right time and has been hailed by Blytheville Fire Chief Mike Carney as a real hero. “I have no doubt that if not for Olivia, Eddie Booker, Sr. may not have ...

Peggy Mae Elrod, 47, of Joiner, died Dec. 16, 2024, at Regional One in Memphis, Tenn. She was employed at American Greetings in Osceola. Mrs. Elrod was born June 10, 1977 in Osceola to Joyce Robertson ...

Charlene Anderson, 73, of Marked Tree passed away Dec. 12, 2024, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was a retired seamstress and a member of Concord MB Church in Lamar, Miss. Miss ...

Edward Arnold Sr., 84, of Tyronza, passed away Dec. 18, 2024 in Tyronza. He was a retired Mississippi EOC food delivery employee and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Arnold was born Aug. 20, 2024 in ...

Aaron Tracy Hopewell, III, 26, of Luxora, passed away Dec. 18, 2024, in Osceola. He was employed by Hill Service - Steel Mill in Osceola, a former basketball player and 2017 graduate from Rivercrest ...

Marilyn Sue Copus Jerome passed away Dec. 22, 2024, in Blytheville, after a long battle with cancer--a battle she fought with the same passion and determination she demonstrated throughout her life.

Sharon Sparks, 68, of Jonesboro, passed away Dec. 20, 2024, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of New Life Tabernacle in Wilson. Mrs. Sparks was born Nov. 5, ...

Markie Lee Jackson, 65, of Leachville, passed from this life Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Regional One Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Son of the late Leonard Franklin and Ermilee Merriman Jackson, he was a ...