Stories from Friday, October 3, 2014

A Gosnell Junior High football player was transported to the hospital for treatment after becoming unresponsive on the bus trip home from a game in Trumann Thursday night.

The Blytheville Junior Chickasaws are still looking for their first 5A-East win of the season after a 12-8 loss to the Nettleton Junior Raiders Thursday night at Haley Field. The game was pushed up to a 6 p.m. start in an attempt to avoid heavy storms heading towards the area...

Pax Christi Catholic Church in Lexington, Kentucky, was the setting for the July 12 early afternoon wedding ceremony uniting Miss Cassandra Leigh Atkinson and Mr. Chase Winston Hodge. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lee Atkinson of Lexington and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brammer and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atkinson all of Proctorville, Ohio...

Michelle Renee Curtis of Blytheville and Terry Lynn Treadway II of Dell will unite in marriage today (Saturday, Oct. 4) at Ruddle Road Church of God in Blytheville. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Terry and Nettie Garris and Steve and Heather Curtis, and the granddaughter of Norma Beal and the late Imogene Curtis...

James W. Sanders and Joyce were married on Oct. 6, 1984, in Blytheville at their home. This week marks their 30th anniversary.

Burl Edward "Ed" Smith, 61, of Blytheville, went to heaven Wednesday Sept. 30, 2014, at his home.

A former deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), a multi-billion dollar state agency, pleaded guilty Thursday to providing official assistance in exchange for bribes from the owner of two mental health companies.

The Blytheville Police Department is still looking for information on the death of 31-year-old Justin Harrison, who was shot and killed on Aug., 28, according to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner's report.

Leslie Leroy McCann, 84, of Osceola, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2014, at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center in Osceola.

Allene Moore Tippitt, 89, of Blytheville, passed from this life Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at Heritage Square Nursing Center.

Zachariah Furlow and Pipper Clair Blagg are pictured enjoying "God's promise" -- the rainbow that formed over the Blytheville area on Thursday afternoon. This photo was submitted to the CN by Zachariah's mother, Quaniasha Furlow.

GOSNELL -- Even with star tailback Carlos Blackman on the shelf, the Gosnell Pirates continue to rack up big yardage on the ground. Tiberius Real rushed for 174 yards and four touchdowns on just 10 carries and Brian Anderson added 131 yards and a score as the Pirates cruised to a 38-14 win over the Cave City Cavemen on homecoming...

Behind the legs and arm of quarterback, Jaylin Small, the Raiders (3-2, 1-1 5A-East) made up deficits on two occasions during the game. Small ran all over the field for 261 yards and three touchdowns. The senior signal caller also threw for a score...