Stories from Thursday, October 17, 2013

GOSNELL -- Regular season games don't get much bigger than Friday night's pivotal contest between 3-4A conference title contenders Gosnell and Highland. A playoff atmosphere is expected at Gosnell's J.W. Rea Stadium as the Pirates (5-1, 3-0 3-4A) try to remain at least tied atop the conference when the defending league champion Rebels (5-1, 2-1) visit...

GOSNELL -- Regular season games don't get much bigger than Friday night's pivotal contest between 3-4A conference title contenders Gosnell and Highland. A playoff atmosphere is expected at Gosnell's J.W. Rea Stadium as the Pirates (5-1, 3-0 3-4A) try to remain at least tied atop the conference when the defending league champion Rebels (5-1, 2-1) visit...

The Blytheville Chickasaws head to Beebe Friday night to take on the Badgers as the 5A-East season hits the midway point. Both teams are coming off of tough losses a week ago. Blytheville (1-5, 0-3 5A-East) lost to Greene County Tech, 43-13 while the Badgers (3-3, 2-1 5A-East) fell to Wynne, 59-28...

OSCEOLA -- Osceola and Mississippi County have reached a "that rare point in history," according to Grant Tennille, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. "This is the turning point in this community's history and it's a great responsibility...

The undead will be taking over the American Red Cross, and they'll be out for blood during the organization's "Walker Crawl" parade and blood drive. For four hours, the community is encouraged to slump, lurch and leer their way through a parade, costume contest and blood drive to help save lives and raise funds for the Red Cross...

The final 2013 quarterly Ward meeting for the city of Blytheville is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Blytheville Public Library. Councilman R.L. Jones encourages the public to attend the meeting and express their concerns to the city leaders on hand...

Delta Gateway Museum in downtown Blytheville is holding a used book sale fundraiser in the gallery this Saturday during the Chili Cook-Off festival. Books and magazines will be priced from $.50 to $ depending on the age and condition of the work. "We have a wide variety of books and magazines donated by local folks to help us raise money for long term exhibits," said Leslie Hester, museum director. ...

The Mississippi County Library System is looking for old yearbooks and old phone books. Jay Ziolko, director of the Mississippi County Library System, explained old yearbooks and old phone books help people trace family history, reconnect with old friends and provide an overall history of the county. He said the older the book the better but new yearbooks and phonebooks can be donated as well...

The pumpkins have arrived!

The Mississippi County Sheriff's Department Intake Report for Oct. 7, 2013 through Oct. 13, 2013 Demetrie Allen, 21, Blytheville, commitment Kelvin Askew, 35, Gosnell, failure to appear Richard Aston, 46, Blytheville, commitment Glen Austin III, 40, Caraway, public intoxication and disorderly conduct...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department: Oct. 16 Officers responded to South Ruddle Road in reference to a white male being held at gun point. Stolen was $100 in cash and a Galaxy Note 2 phone valued at $450. cpinkard@couriernews.net

Jeannie B. Allhoff, 81, of Leachville, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Beebe, she was the daughter of the late Lenos and Ava Moore Fields and had lived many years in Des Moines, Iowa, before returning to Arkansas in 1981. She attended First Assembly of God Church in Jacksonville and had lived in Leachville for the past seven years...

Mr. Anthony J. Gullett, 44, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2103, he was born to Lonnie Smith and LeeDester Smith, both of Blytheville. Mr. Gullett leaves one daughter, Razzfana Adrianna Gullett of Ridgley, Tenn.; One sister, Setphanie Dunn of St. Louis, Mo.; and...

Mrs. Mamie Jean Davis, 79, of Blytheville, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at Gosnell Healthcare Center. She was born in Gates, and her parents, Frank Bowers and Mrs. Lurcennia Borum Bowers, preceded her in death. Her sisters, Lillie and Dorothy, and her brother Starling III, also preceded her in death, as well as her husband, Johnny Lee Davis...

Mrs. Arie Lee Williams, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. She was a homemaker and married many years. "Miss Peaches" was well known for her cooking. She was loved by all that knew her. Mrs. Williams leaves to cherish her memory sons, Charles (and Sadie) Robinson and Jessie Williams of Jacksonsville, Mackie (and Tharo) Varnado of Killeen, Texas, Sylvester Williams of Denver, Col., Billy (and Tracy) Williams of Columbus, Ga., and John (and Brenda) Williams of Colorado Springs, Colo.;...

Trumann scored a touchdown and 2-point conversion to start the second half. Gosnell fans could care less. No concern. This is a game Gosnell couldn't afford to lose if it wants to contend for a conference championship. But there was little to no reaction from the crowd...

To the editor: I have been watching the government shutdown now for 13 days. The reason for the shutdown, the president would not give in to the Republican Congress's demand, defund Obamacare. I wrote in the Courier News about a year ago that the Republicans would never repeal Obamacare. ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- An Arkansas man who police say got lost driving around the city was shot and killed early Thursday, apparently by a man he had just asked for directions. According to police, a man identified by the Cook County Coroner's office as 55-year-old Robert Franklin, of Blytheville, Ark., was with a friend in a car about 3:45 a.m. when a man that Franklin had asked for directions climbed into the backseat and pulled out a gun...