Stories from Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tiffany Nicole Benton, 27, Lepanto, died Friday, March 6, 2015, in Lepanto.

Collier Ministries will host a Christian concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Melody Theater in downtown Leachville. Doors open at 6 p.m. The featured group will be "Gloryland Quartet" of Paragould. Also singing will be "Three In One" with Paul T. Ross, Sheila Collier and Vickie Hill, all of Mississippi County. Concessions will be available and a love offering will be taken for the featured group. For more information, call Sheila at 870-623-0914 or visit www.collierministriesonline.com...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

A sleeping man was awoken to blows from his hammer-wielding wife, after she found a pair of women's underwear in their washing machine around 11:30 Tuesday night in the 1400 block of East Rose.

Mr. George Eric Presley, 42, of Truman, died Friday, March 6, 2015.

Jessica Stokes, 26, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in Gosnell.

Blytheville Baseball and Softball Boosters evaluations have been rescheduled for this Saturday and Sunday. Winter storms have forced postponements of the annual event two consecutive weeks. The evaluations will take place at the Blytheville High School Field House and begin at 9 a.m. ...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- The Wright Gym Classics faced their toughest competition of the season Saturday and Sunday, competing against gymnasts mostly from the St. Louis area, as well as Edwardsville, Illinois, in the 2015 Shamrock Invitational. The lone event champion was Hailey Hooper, who won the floor in the 10-year-old Young division of Level 3. Teammate Sierra Elliot was the highest local finisher in the all-around with a fourth place finish in the 12-year-old Level 3 group...

Keagan Morris, a first-grader at Blytheville Primary School, decides what to make with his Tootsie Roll, as schoolmate Darius Crockett, (back, from left) grandmother Lisa Clark, mother Christy Morris and grandfather Richard Clark look on. BPS' Fine Arts Extravaganza was Tuesday night at the Multi-Purpose Building, and the first-graders sang a few songs and then the students and their parents participated in art activities...