Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

Robin Baugher, Manila High School principal, was awarded an honorary membership into the new High School Robotics team. The team is under the direction of Cindy Bunch and the students have been working after school hours to create a robot...

The annual pancake supper was one of the topics discussed at the Manila Lions club meeting Wednesday, Oct. 24. The Lions meet each Wednesday at the Manila Elementary School at noon. The pancake supper is a Christmas tradition held in conjunction with the Manila Christmas parade, which will be held this year Saturday, Dec. ...

The 12th annual Caraway Fall Festival was held Saturday, Oct. 27, with food, games, music, prizes, contests, antique displays, and much more. Mark Shasteen sponsors the event each year and he expressed his appreciation to all of the local merchants and farmers for their help and donations in making the day a great success...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

The Blytheville Chickasaws head to Forrest City Friday night for their regular season finale. And, as it has been the last three seasons, the game helps determine who will represent the 5A-East in the state playoffs. If Forrest City (5-4, 3-3 5A-East) wins, they are in with four wins and will get the third seed. ...

The Great and Powerful Fitzini -- Seer of Seers, prognosticator of prognosticators -- will now give you his predictions for this week's prep football games. Please keep in mind, these predictions come with a 100 percent guarantee of being right or wrong...

This past Thursday (Oct. 25), my wife and I were forced to land our small aircraft at Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville.

A confused, distraught teenager walks into a clinic to get rid of what she views as a problem. And the doctor commits a legal murder under the guise of women's rights.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, several local people have been sent to the East Coast to assist with the ongoing disaster relief effort.

The Blytheville Emergency Squad will hold its annual fundraising auction event Saturday night at the Walker Park exhibit building, featuring live auction action and barbecue by Harry Myers.