Stories from Thursday, March 13, 2014

Blytheville Baseball and Softball Boosters are still accepting registration for the youth baseball leagues until Saturday, March 15. Anyone wishing to register their child can pick up forms at Burge's Shoe Store on Main St. For more information, contact Kenny Burge at 763-3549...

Baseball and softball returns to the Blytheville area Thursday afternoon in a big way. Five Mississippi County schools are in action throughout the local area. At the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex, the Blytheville Chickasaw baseball team hosts West Memphis Christian at 4 p.m. ...

Social and non-sports related themes filled the sports airwaves in the month of February. From homosexuals in the locker room to use of the "N" word, actual sporting events took a back seat to social issues almost immediately after the Seahawks whopped the Broncos in the Super Bowl in early February and is now coming back as we approach March Madness and the NFL draft...

Anthony "T.J." Bennett Boyles Jr., 30, of Osceola, entered into rest Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Osceola.

I have read a number of commentaries and even submitted a few myself concerning the dissatisfaction with decisions or lack thereof made by our city officials and Police Department. We have become a laughingstock to other communities, but most of all to the justice system itself. ...

It's nice to see city leaders finally seeking public input on the mayoral retirement benefit ordinance, but they're a little late.

Arkansas state treasurer candidate Karen Garcia was in Blytheville this week to meet with constituents, as well as to Monday's Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Awards of Excellence.

Gosnell Schools just wrapped up this year's Pennies for the Park fundraiser, bringing in $1,650.21 that will go toward improvements of the Gosnell Park located at the corner of Moody and Station streets.

The Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee will hold a question-and-answer session over the city's mayoral retirement ordinance tonight.

According to a report, the Arkansas State Police confiscated more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop near the 61-mile marker of Interstate 55 Sunday night.

Mrs. Alberta (Rogers) Rucker was born in Clarksdale, Ark., Sept. 18, 1917, to Matilda Danley and Sam Rogers.