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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Tony Dale Benham Sr., 63, of Manila, passed from this life Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, at his home with his loving family by his side. Son of the late Mackey Joe and Shirley Ford Benham, he was born in ...

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 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 closed expulsion hearing for two high ...

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, ...

Heaven welcomed an energetic new angel on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, as Cindy Lu Childress Carlock entered the gates after battling pneumonia and septic infection. Cindy was born Jan. 7, 1967, in ...

Carrie Jewell Mays, 78, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Daughter of the late Blain and Cleo Loveless Turney, she was born in ...

Richard "Mike" Godsey, 83, passed away at home Monday morning, Dec. 23, 2024. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 19, 1941, to Richard and Evelyn Godsey. He had attended First Christian Church ...

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 ...