Stories from Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Mississippi County Farm Bureau members (from left) Jaye Tipton, John Tipton, Thelma Veach, Randy Veach, Sherry Felts and Benton Felts were among more than 150 Arkansans who attended the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in San Diego, California. ...

Sara Gean Shields, 68, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Mrs. Cora Walker, 86, of Blytheville, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at her home.

For the past few months, Ashley has been talking to me about the next major change for Caroline in a seemingly unending line of major changes.

BROOKLAND -- The Gosnell Pirates fell to the Brookland Bearcats, 37-33, on the road Tuesday night. Brookland led 7-6 at the end of the first period. Gosnell led 19-17 at halftime and trailed 29-23 heading into the fourth. Rod Jones paced the Pirates with 17 points and Marcus McClain added seven...

Danny Somers, 69, of Blytheville, passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

The city of Blytheville is operating with $4,733,000 fewer funds than it did in 2008, according to Finance Director John Callens.

Several homes in Gosnell, as well as Gosnell Schools, experienced power outages Wednesday morning. There was no immediate timeline for full restoration.

The European cafe-themed restaurant "Cindy's" celebrated it's ribbon-cutting Tuesday morning. Owner Cindy Fowler completely renovated the building which used to be home to Po Boys, located at 210 N. Lockard St., across from Skateland. The cafe is open from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more information, call Cindy Fowler at 870-824-6630...

Approving several adjustments to the proposed 2015 budget Tuesday night, the Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee recommended a version for the full council's consideration.

Rebuilding a high school basketball program is no easy task. One way, however, that will go a long way to help rejuvenate a program is to beat your rival. First year head coach Jason James and his Blytheville Chickasaws did just that Tuesday night in a 65-58 win over Greene County Tech at Chickasaw Gym...