Stories from Friday, March 21, 2014

ARMOREL--The Armorel Lady Tigers softball team continued their winning ways over 1A-3 East competition by sweeping a doubleheader against the Black Rock Lady Zebras Thursday night. Armorel won the first game, 16-0 and game two, 18-1. The Armorel baseball team defeated Rivercrest, 4-3, Thursday night. Stats for the boys game were not available at press time...

The Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters will hold Junior Babe Ruth tryouts at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 29 at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex.

The Gosnell Pirates dropped both games of a 3-4A conference doubleheader to the Brookland Bearcats Thursday night losing game one, 10-6, and the nightcap, 7-5 at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. Gosnell's home field was still unplayable Thursday forcing the game to be moved to the Sportsplex...

Mrs. Helen P. Schenk, 94, of Jonesboro, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Jonesboro Health Care.

Ronnie Green, 51, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014.

Mrs. Sandra Lee Carter Fugate, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life March 21, 2014, at the Southeast Health Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Bryelle Monique Star Caruthers, stillborn, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

I heard some guys in the Country Club grill talking at lunch Thursday about how Blytheville needs a professional city manager instead of a mayor ... like they had just come up with a brilliant and fresh idea.

Local law enforcement disputes a claim that there have been no incidents involving parolees transitioning from prison to freedom at the McHaney Street halfway house.

The Mississippi County Police, Fire and Safety Committee is getting ready to start drafting an ordinance dealing with unsightly properties lying outside of city limits.