- Jonesboro Man Who Instructed Young Girls to Self-Harm, Drink Toilet Water, and Film Child Pornography Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison (7/26/24)
- JA Golf tournament (7/24/24)
- It’s Been 10 Years! July 2014: Big River Steel Closes The Deal (7/24/24)
- Philanthropy plays a huge role in BRS’s mission (7/24/24)
- New houses subdivision builds in Osceola (7/24/24)
- Real Estate moves all across Mississippi County (7/24/24)
- “Work Here Live Here” programs create first time homeowners (7/24/24)
- Holiday Inn builds 4-story hotel in Osceola (7/24/24)
- Local businesses feel positive affects of steel industry (7/24/24)
- BRS, Kennemore bring the Belews home (7/24/24)
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President Biden withdraws from race! (7/21/24)
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9-year-old boy has been found safe (7/19/24)Kasson McClure, 9, has been reported missing from the Little Rock area. He is described as a black male 4 foot 1 inches tall and weighing 90 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. Kasson...
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Highway 181 to temporarily close in Keiser (7/17/24)Highway 181 will be closed from Highway 140 (West Keiser Avenue) to Interstate 55 (I-55) in Keiser around the clock beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, July 22 and continuing until 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21....
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Man injured from bullet fragment (7/17/24)Blytheville, AR – On Tuesday, July 16, officers of the Blytheville Police Department were notified by Great River Medical Emergency Room staff that a subject had arrived at the ER stating he had been...
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Turrell man arrested in sexual indecency case (7/15/24)Osceola police have arrested a Turrell man on sexual indecency charges. Demario Dorsey, 20, was arrested and charged with sexual indecency with a child. The OPD received a hotline notification on...
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Shirley Elaine Littleton (7/23/24)Shirley Elaine Littleton, 61, died Thursday, July 18, 2024 at her home. Born May 6, 1963, in Osceola, Ark., she was a 1981 graduate of Osceola High School and went on to work at the Arkansas Highways...
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Glenda Fay Turner (7/23/24)Glenda Fay Turner, 74, died Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Osceola, Ark. She was raised in Livingston, Texas, at the age of 17 she returned to Osceola and married the love of her life Freddy Turner....
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Karen Young Billings (7/23/24)Karen Young Billings, 88, of Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday, July 21, 2024. She was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Osceola, Ark. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew Welby and Mae Love Young; her...
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Charles Curtis Betts (7/23/24)Charles Curtis Betts, 54, formerly of Blytheville, Ark., died Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Medical City Hospital in Denton, Texas. Born Jan. 22, 1970, in Blytheville, Ark., he was of the Christian...
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Alan Ring (7/17/24)Alan Ring, 71, of Paragould, Ark., formerly of Osceola, died Friday, July 12, 2024. Born Aug. 18, 1952, he was retired from American Greetings where he worked as security guard for many years. He...
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Nancy Jean Smith (7/17/24)Nancy Jean Smith, 82, of Osceola, Ark., died Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Marked Tree, Ark. Born Feb. 17, 1942, in Nodena, Ark., she made some lifelong friends during her tenure of nearly 20 years at...
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TonightChance Rain Showers then Patchy FogLow: 71°F
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SaturdayShowers & T-storms LikelyHigh: 83°F Low: 71°F
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SundayShowers & T-storms LikelyHigh: 85°F Low: 72°F
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MondayChance Showers & T-stormsHigh: 89°F Low: 75°F
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BRS: Game Changer (7/24/24)Editor's Corner with Sandra BrandIt’s hard to believe it’s been almost 20 years since I first met John Correnti in a soybean field south of Osceola. I’ll never forget the words he said, “I’m going to put these farm boys to work making steel.” He had already done this once when he helped to build Nucor, so I had no doubt in my mind he could accomplish his goal. ...
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A Village (7/10/24)Editor's Corner with Sandra BrandOne of my most treasured possessions is a rock in my flower bed. It reads, “Grow where God plants you.” As the youngest of 10, I was blessed enough to have been raised by parents who believed you should work hard, show compassion and give back. I have attempted to live my life by this philosophy...
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4th Covid Anniversary (7/3/24)Editor's Corner with Sandra BrandThe July 4th holiday took on a new meaning for me four years ago. It’s now the anniversary of the date I contracted the Covid-19 virus and began my long journey of recovery. I was admitted to the ICU at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro and the next four weeks were, without a doubt, the worst of my life... ...