Stories from Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Jerry and Sue Long of Monette will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 18. They were married in Hernando, Miss., in 1954. They have four children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. (photo provided)...

Buffalo Island Museum in Monette recently received a $2,500 grant from the Department of Arkansas Heritage in partnership with the Arkansas Humanities Council. The two agencies have partnered to fund and administer the grant program targeted at small museums in Arkansas...

Beth Thompson, Arkansas Northeastern College adult education coordinator, announced individuals who want to see if they can pass the GED test without taking classes here will have the opportunity to do so. ...

Buffalo Island Central School District held two public meetings last week to discuss the upcoming Sept. 16 millage election. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, a meeting was held at BIC West cafeteria in Monette, and Thursday, Aug. ...

Steven Milligan announced plans to run for Manila City Council, Ward 1, Position 2. Milligan, a longtime resident of Manila, was raised in Dumas and graduated from Tuckerman High School. He moved to Manila accepting a position to teach/coach in the Manila School District and found the place he wanted make his home and raise his children...

Once again fall tours of the Duncan Farmstead at the Widner-Magers Farm near Dell will be offered. "Get your reservations in now," owner Dru Duncan, said. "We already have several groups scheduled. There are a limited number of time slots from 9-11 a.m. ...

Taylor Ford fired a four-over par 35 to help lead Cedar Ridge past Buffalo Island Central in a five-team golf match Thursday afternoon at The Links in Jonesboro. Cedar Ridge finished with a top team score of 112, ten shots better than BIC's 122 total. rumann finished third with a 125, Marmaduke was fourth at 136 while Riverside came in fifth with a 140 total...

Gary Fletcher of Caraway, longtime collector, is excited about the opening of the new Bottomland Farm Life Center Museum located at Parker Pioneer Homestead in Harrisburg...

Mississippi County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting Monday, Aug. 25, at the Arkansas Northeastern College in Burdette. President John Tipton announced Bill Sullivan is the new federation manager...

The first first annual Relay for Life Buffalo Island Biker Run has been set for Sept. 20 starting at Fred's in Manila and ending at Manila City Park with free hot dogs and drinks for the riders. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. ...

Freshman running back Logan Hamilton galloped for 183 yards and scored three touchdowns to power Manila to a 40-28 season opening victory over Brookland in junior high football action Thursday night at Lion Field...

Westside churned out touchdown drives of 73, 70, 63 and 62 yards as the Warriors shutout Manila 40-0 in the 2014 kickoff to the high school football season Friday night at Lion Field...

The right to vote is too often taken for granted and discarded like junk mail. There's an old saying: "Elections have consequences." And it's true.

The housing goal team of the Delta Bridge Project has had another grant proposal approved for the demolition of dilapidated structures in Mississippi County.

Bobby Ann Caraway, 90, of Germantown, Tennessee, passed away Sept. 7, 2014, at the Gardens of Germantown.

The Blytheville Planning Commission allowed a few exceptions to current code and approved plans for a new structure which will be built at 4500 E. Main during its meeting Tuesday night.

After years of raising funds, the city of Gosnell is finally getting new park equipment that to a grant that was procured with the help of State Representative Wes Wagner.