Stories from Monday, March 7, 2011

Rivercrest will try to add to its trophy case Friday afternoon, when it competes for the Class 3A boys state championship.

The Rivercrest Colts used a 10-0 fourth quarter run to overtake the Valley Springs Tigers and claim a thrilling 50-45 victory in the Class 3A State Semi-final Saturday at Harding University.

The Blytheville Police Department will be joining other state and local law enforcement agencies March 11-20 and April 15-24, conducting additional sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols looking for drunk drivers.

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

Heavy winter snows and recent heavy downpours, with a very wet spring in the forecast, have all eyes turning to MIssissippi River as it came out of its banks for the first time in awhile last week and a river flood warning is in effect until further notice.