Stories from Sunday, July 8, 2012

Warning: if you are squeamish, I recommend that you pretend this column doesn't exist. I tried to tell my mom this story over the phone, and she told me I had to stop talking immediately before she cried or threw up, or something.

The Blytheville area will be sending three representatives to compete in the Miss Arkansas Pageant: Miss Northeast Arkansas, Miss Greater Jonesboro and Miss Lights of the Delta.

As county residents struggle to keep cool during the current brutal heat wave smothering the area, advocates for animals encourage everyone to also make sure that their pets have what they need to beat the heat.

The 2012 Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine is out and predicts both Blytheville and Gosnell to finish in the middle of the pack of their conferences this season.