Stories from Thursday, August 21, 2014

One of my favorite first-day-of-school traditions in the Weld family is the annual photo, taken every year in front of the same little hibiscus tree in our front yard.

Kennett native Shelia Rouse has assumed the publisher position of the Blytheville Courier News, as well as the Osceola Times, the Steele Enterprise and the Democrat-Argus in Caruthersville.

Arkansas Northeastern College will be participating in a program designed to help Mississippi County teenagers receiving Supplemental Security Income gain work experience and open new educational opportunities.

Pictured are former standout Blytheville Chickasaw receivers Chris Smith (right) and Logan Rebstock back in 2004. Smith and Rebstock are now coaching at the school where they brought so many memories for Chickasaw fans. New BHS head coach Ben Fisher added Smith and Rebstock to his coaching staff earlier this year...