Stories from Saturday, September 22, 2012

While our committees are reviewing, revising and reveling in the tasks at hand, I would like to take the opportunity to kinda fill you in on the what's going on in the animal world of Paws in Prisons.

BROOKLAND -- Gosnell has a rich history of running backs turning in monster performances, but few of them were converted tight ends. Wearing a new number and changing positions, senior Richard Razor accounted for five Pirate touchdowns Friday night. No. 31 rushed 20 times for 168 yards and four TDs, while also hauling in a touchdown catch as Gosnell got in the win column and opened 3-4A conference play with a 40-27 victory over host and previously undefeated Brookland...

Before Friday night's game against the Wynne Yellowjackets, Blytheville head coach Vince McCrosky knew two things about his opponent; they didn't make mistakes and they had tremendous team speed. Wynne (4-0, 1-0 5A-East) showed both attributes in a near perfect first half putting up 43 points and scoring on all six possessions in a 43-0 shutout win over the Chickasaws (1-3, 0-1 5A-East) at Haley Field. ...

Mr. Gary Lynn Holifield, 56, of Blytheville, passed away at his home Saturday morning, Sept. 22, 2012. He was born in Blytheville to his parents, Joseph "Jodie" Albert Holifield and Charline Boles Holifield. He was raised in the Pentecostal faith. Mr. ...

Carolyn Sue VanRavenswaay, 70, of Newport, the widow of the Rev. Henry VanRavenswaay, passed from this life Friday Sept. 21, 2012, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Tupelo, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Gentry and Evelyn David Due and attended Augusta High School. ...

The Mississippi County Election Commission voted unanimously Friday to change the location of early voting for any runoffs that may occur during the November general election. Commissioner Tom Wiktorek asked the commission to consider changing the location of early runoff voting from the Greyhound Bus Station to the usual voting locations in each ward. ...

Blytheville girl Whitley Bishop will be taking the trip of a lifetime at the end of this month with her family, thanks to fundraising efforts by the Osceola Police Department with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. On Sept. 30, Whitley, her two younger brothers, and her father, Blytheville Police Officer Danny Bishop, will be headed to Disney World, and Whitley can't wait to see Cinderella's Castle...

Mrs. Zellar "Bootsy" Wright, 56, of Blytheville, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Burdette.