Stories from Friday, February 22, 2013

Members of the Manila Business Women Club surprised long-time member Elvina Bollinger with a 97th birthday celebration at their regular meeting oMonday evening, Feb. 11, at the Manila Depot...

Four Monette First Baptist Church students participated in a Church Level Bible Drill Sunday night, Feb. 17. They included Conner McCord, Lilie Hatch, Harris McCord and Dylan Stewart...

Wanda Faye Mason, 68, of Lepanto, Ark., died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Jonesboro. She was born March 31, 1944, at Nettleton, Miss. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil Willis and Freda Causey, and a daughter, Retha Box...

Mrs. Wanda Faye Mason, 68, of Lepanto, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Jonesboro.

During these times when the world is experiencing natural disasters and strained economies with very big rates of unemployment, those of us who have faith and profess God's name and who hold out to be his are often presented with "The Test" of proving with our actions if we have the heart and mind of the Lord...

As I have previously related on numerous occasions in this column, watching commercials on TV is not one of the things for which I have much of a predilection.

Criminal trespassing charges against former Blytheville City Councilwoman Carol White were nolle prossed Thursday, according to city attorney Mike Bearden.

A Gosnell Elementary student is back at school after being dragged by school bus on the way home from school one day last week.

Two days after the Blytheville City Council voted down a proposal to allow for further discussion on leasing out a vacant warehouse, prospective renter Mike Leathers told the Finance and Purchasing Committee Thursday night that he changed his mind about renting the property on the corner of Wilson and Elm streets.

A train derailed and lost a number of steel coils Friday morning along Highway 18 and Plantation Road near Armorel.

Some $22,500 could be coming to city of Blytheville coffers through a proposal to sell dirt to the Dogwood Cottages builder.

The 4A East Regional tournament in Heber Springs was postponed Thursday because of inclement weather throughout the area. All games were moved back one day while Saturday's schedule will move to Monday because of the Arkansas Activities Association rule against playing on Sunday. The Gosnell Pirates, who were scheduled to play at 8:30 p.m. Friday night, will play at the same time Saturday night. The Pirates will play the winner of tonight's matchup between Lonoke and Pocahontas...

The Blytheville Chickasaws finish the 2012-13 season tonight against the Batesville Pioneers at Chickasaw Gym. The Chicks (4-22, 1-12 5A-East) are coming off a 65-47 loss at Greene County Tech Tuesday night while the Pioneers (0-13 5A-East) lost to Forrest City...