“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gerald Wayne Lloyd, 81, of Blytheville, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 at Manila Nursing Center. Born in Iuka, Miss., to Elbert and Bertha Northington Lloyd, Gerald was retired from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Leo David Ford, 70, of Osceola, passed away Dec. 15, 2024, at his home. He worked as a tree cutter. Mr. Ford was born Dec. 11, 1954, in Osceola to A.J. Ford and Mamie Horton. He was preceded in death ...