Stories from Saturday, April 28, 2012

As most readers know, I was arrested twice on March 10 for refusing to leave Clearlake Public Housing. What most of you don't know is that Blytheville City Council members Missy Langston, Monte Hodges (who sat on the BPHA before he was a Council member), John Musgraves and Stan Parks were present at the Feb. ...

Nila June Blevins, 63, of Manila, passed from this life, Friday April 27, 2012, at her home. Born in Manila, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. Blevins. Nila was raised in Michigan and was a 1966 graduate of Northern High School in Flint. She later attended Flint Community College and had worked many years in the banking industry before returning to Manila 16 years ago. ...

Infant Wyitt Clay Cavazos was born and passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He is survived by his parents, Dimitri and Crystal Holm Cavazos of Manila; One brother, Damian Holm of South Bend, Ind.; and Grandparents, Sheila Shepherd of Manila, Sandra Cavazos of Manila, and Gilbert Cavazos of Monette...

Mrs. Esther Greene, 78, of El Paso, Texas, died Monday, April 23, 2012, in El Paso. She was born in Parkin and moved to Blytheville in the late 1950s. She was an employee of the New York Store for many years. She was a member of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and served in many auxiliaries of the church...

Blytheville city officials have been given until the morning of Tuesday, May 1 to settle part of their debt with Mississippi County, or landfill services to the city will be cut off. The county's expectations were made clear to Mayor James Sanders and city council members during a meeting Friday afternoon in the offices of County Judge Randy Carney...

POCAHONTAS -- "In my 26 years of coaching baseball, I've seen a lot of good games but I don't think I've seen anything quite like what we just saw here tonight." Those were the words of Gosnell head coach Bret Jackson Friday night after watching his club defeat the Pocahontas Redskins, 4-3, in their final at bat at the 3-4A district tournament quarterfinals. The win secured a spot for the Pirates in the state regional tournament for the first time since 2009...

ARMOREL -- The Armorel Lady Tigers advanced to the championship round of the 1A District 3 tournament with a 6-4 win over Ridgefield Christian Saturday morning at Armorel. After allowing four runs over the first three innings, ninth grade starting pitcher Abigail McCauley settled down and didn't allow a hit over the final four innings as her team came back for the win...

Hey guys. I've decided that this week is confession time, since it's been a while since I've told you anything weird about myself (raise your hand if you think it's only actually been since last week, but play along anyway). For some reason I have a genetic malfunction that fills me with the urge to disclose things about myself that probably no one really cares about. And no, it's not because I'm the baby of my family and I crave attention and validation. Stop analyzing me. Geez...

Mrs. Nancy Hill Oliver, 79, died Monday, April 9, 2012, retired property manager of Fogleman Properties, passed away recently.

On Thursday, local attorney Dan Ritchey filed a lawsuit in Mississippi County Circuit Court on behalf of several Blytheville residents seeking an injunction to stop the building of a Dollar General at the corner of North Sixth and Highland. The suit requests the Court suspend or revoke any building permit issued for the property and also asks for a trial by jury on applicable issues...