Stories from Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Arts Council of Mississippi County will feature a display of works from more than 30 Blytheville Public Schools student artists in The Gallery of The Ritz Civic Center during May.

The Northeast Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross is again looking for community heroes across the area.

Buffalo Island Central completed a three game sweep of 2A-3 conference foes in high school baseball action last week. The Mustangs swept a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon, defeating Marmaduke 12-1 in the opener before shutting out Cross County 10-0 in the nightcap. BIC outscored East Poinsett County 10-5 Wednesday at Lepanto...

Riverside defeated Bay and Marmaduke before losing a heartbreaking extra inning contest to close out the week Thursday at Brookland. Rebel pitcher Gavin Stone earned a victory in his first start of the season in Riverside's 10-2 win Tuesday afternoon at Bay. Stone allowed three hits and two runs while walking five and fanning nine Yellowjackets...

Manila rebounded from two losses early in the week to route Osceola 11-1 Thursday afternoon at home. The Lions, now 5-3 in 3A-3 conference play, scored three runs in the first and two more in the second before adding three-spots in both the fourth and fifth innings in Manila's five inning victory over the Seminoles...

Manila picked up three wins, including two 3A-3 conference victories over a four-game span in high school softball action last week. The Lady Lions kicked off a busy week, dropping a 10-0 decision to Trumann Monday afternoon at home. ...

Buffalo Island Central School District held the first of two public meeting Thursday, April 23, to gather input from and give information to patrons concerning the district's May 12 millage election...

Leachville City Council April 20th meeting started with a lengthy discussion on highway issues regarding the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 119. Mayor Ralph Wells welcomed Rep. Dave Wallace and Tony Sullivan, assistant chief engineer-operations with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department...

The annual Tales From the Cemetery was held Thursday, April 23, starting at the Herman Davis Monument and moving on to the Manila Cemetery. Each year Manila residents who have played a role in the area history are selected and their life stories are shared with Manila students...

A police chase concluded with a man smacking a utility pole, then bulldozing chain link fences and colliding with a house in the 800 block of East Walnut Monday morning.

Looking around at the old Franklin Press building the other day, I spotted a few old Air Force photographs and several plaques still hanging on the wall.

Blytheville firefighters responded to a call at 1:36 a.m. Tuesday at the 1500 Block of Ward Lane extended.