Stories from Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Truman Coleman Jackson, 75, of Lake City, former longtime Black Oak resident, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at the Lakeside Nursing Center. Born at Caraway, he was the son of the late Thomas and Dollie Carter Jackson and had been a resident of the nursing home for the past 20 years. Truman was a blessing to all who knew him and he will be greatly missed...

Mr. Danny Maccune, 52, of Manila, Ark., died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 4, 1959, at Pullman, Mich., he was the son of the late Jim and Juanita Sisson Maccune. Mr. Maccune was a member of the Milligan Ridge Baptist Church. He was a mechanic and was a very gifted artist...

Carl "Bud" Selby, 94, of Pensacola, Fla., former longtime Leachville resident, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City, Ark. Born at Leachville he was the son of the late Floyd and Nora Hedrick Selby and was a 1936 graduate of Leachville High School. ...

Manila Middle School FBLA is always looking for ways to give back to the community. The officers thought Thanksgiving would be a great time to do a community service project. The members of the middle school FBLA are inviting their fellow middle school students to participate in a can food drive. They will collect canned food through Nov. 20 at the middle school...

Buffalo Island Central placed 15 players in the scoring column and went on to celebrate a 57-33 Homecoming victory Friday night in junior high basketball action at Leachville...

Buffalo Island Central Junior High Homecoming was held Friday, Nov. 2, at the junior high gymnasium. The theme for the event was "Midnight Masquerade." Samantha Gipson was crowned queen by escort Dax Hurst. ...

Mrs. Scott Anna Branch, 93, of Osceola, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Osceola.

Today is Election Day. If you have not voted yet, you have until 7:30 p.m. to do so. This is one of the greatest of our rights as American citizens, and our free and open election process is the one single thing that makes our nation unique among nations.

Blytheville Police Department officers are looking into an armed robbery that took place at Zaxby's restaurant Saturday night.

Members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court's Finance Committee hope to wrap up the 2013 budgeting process next week with the senior citizen's program proposal.

The Arkansas Northeastern College Presidential Search Committee began its first round of Skype interviews Monday and is looking to have all seven candidates interviewed by Nov. 13.

Election day is ramping up in Mississippi County and polling locations are busy, but if early voting numbers are any indicator, turnout may be somewhat lower this year than in the last presidential election.

The James W. Honnoll Chapter 2607, United Daughters of the Confederacy of Jonesboro, will dedicate a military grave marker in honor of Pvt. ...

Manila Cub Scout Troop 32 was treated to a pizza party Thursday evening at the Scout Hut for their recent efforts in selling popcorn. Cub Master Mike Warrenfells praised the Cub Scouts for setting a new record for Manila selling $10,261 in popcorn sales...

Early voting numbers are in, in Mississippi County, along with one box. In the Ward 1 Blytheville City Council race, Vera James leads in early voting with 422, followed by Tommy Abbott with 398 and Lorain Mitchell with 130. In the Ward 2 Blytheville City Council race, Kevin Snow leads in early voting with 952, followed by Carol White with 271 and Jim Vincent with 189...

President 457 of 2,386 precincts - 19 percent x-Mitt Romney, GOP 274,814 - 60 percent Barack Obama, Dem (i) 174,592 - 38 percent Gary Johnson, Lib 5,544 - 1 percent Jill Stein, Grn 3,424 - 1 percent Peta Lindsay, PSL 685 - 0 percent U.S. House District 1...

Kevin Snow has locked up the Blytheville City Council Ward 2 seat, while the Ward 1 and Ward 3 seats are headed for a runoff. Unofficially, Snow received 1,136 votes, which includes election day and early voting, but not absentee, while Carol White received 401 and Jim Vincent 229...

The Buffalo Island Central Robotic Team won the Overall Best Award at the Robotic competition held at the Arkansas State University Convocation Center. BIC chose the name STACHE (Space Transporting and Cargo Hauling Elevator) for their robot...