By SANDRA BRAND NEA Town Courier Editor The NEA Town Courier "Person of the Year" is former mayor and 2024 Blytheville Chamber Lifetime Community Achievement recipient Barrett Harrison. "Home is ...

By REVIS BLAYLOCK NEA Town Courier Blytheville Rotary Club President Diana Holmes opened the Dec. 19 meeting welcoming members. She presented Rotarian Randy Lemmons with a Paul Harris Fellow Plus 1 ...

Blytheville police are investigating an unidentified body found in the city Saturday, Dec. 28. According to Sgt. Robin Haught-Angel with the Blytheville Police Department , officers responded to the ...

Just a few New Year's superstitions to give you food for thought as we welcome 2025: 1. First Footer: The first person to enter a home after midnight should bring good luck and should ideally be a ...

By STEVE KNOX Osceola Times Staff Several important new laws go into effect in the state Jan. 1, 2025. Three key items are Act 659 (Protect Arkansas Act), Act 575 (Reducing Administrative Delays in ...

Gary Wren, 74, of Jonesboro, formerly of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 in Jonesboro. Gary was born in Blytheville to Woodrow and Dorothy Carnell Wren. He was the owner of Gary's Jr.

Mrs. Luella Burton Ross, affectionately called "Baby Sister", was born Jan. 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tenn., to Theodore Burton Sr. and Etter Spears Burton. She confessed a hope in Christ at an early age ...

“Since I don't do resolutions, I would like to express a city vision for 2025. I am honored to have this opportunity to wish all of you a loving and warm New Year. We live in an amazing city and ...

By Joseph Fondren NEA Town Courier Contributor Delta Gateway Museum founding director Leslie Hester announced her intentions to retire, via the museum's Facebook page, at the end of the year. Hester, ...

I would like to take this moment to thank our readers and advertisers for another successful year. Your local newspapers are the oldest businesses in the county. The Town Courier is about to embark on ...

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced this week the State has opened 1,485 beds since she took office. "Arkansas' prison bed shortage has gone on for decades, and under my leadership we have ...