Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

I've always said that the greatest sporting event in America is the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Raegan Henderson has dreams of one day standing on the podium with an Olympic medal draped around her neck. With a performance like the one she showed at the March 18 State Gymastics meet, the 11-year-old Blytheville Intermediate School student may be on her way to achieving those goals...

Rain, rain, go away! Nothing is more aggravating than the first month of the high school baseball season.

Mrs. Helen Taylor, 100, of Hermandale, Mo., died today in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Velma Ann Fitzhugh Philyaw, 64, of Gosnell, passed away at her residence Friday, January 21, 2011.

Mrs. Jean Hendrix, 87, of Osceola, passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Mr. Robert Lee Henry Flie, 61, of Luxora, died Monday, March 28, 2011, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis.

Recent reports from the Mississippi County Unit of the Second Judicial Drug Task Force.

Blytheville police are still investigating the March 3 death of Dorian T. Long, 20, of Osceola.

Cindy Ruddick, executive director of the Blytheville/Gosnell Area Food Pantry, would like the public to know that there are still 30 days left in the Feinstein Challenge.

Rain in Arkansas this week could help farmers starting to plant, but agriculture officials and others say it won't be enough to fix a shortage that's lasted almost a year.

Micah J. Wilson turned 3 on Friday, March 25. She celebrated the day with a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese in Jonesboro. She is the daughter of Michael and Marangeli Wilson and the granddaughter of Diane, George and Barnetta, all of Blytheville.

Tickets for the 13th annual Osceola Heritage Musicfest, set for May 13-14 in Osceola, go on sale Friday morning at 10.

With April Fools' Day being Friday, it might seem a joke to start baseball before March ends.

In the second of a series of quarterly meetings aimed at stopping violence in our community, the responsibility of the citizen was stressed.