Stories from Thursday, October 29, 2015

Anfernee Wells, 25, was arraigned in Blytheville District Court Thursday in the June slaying of Vincent Stone at Williams Park. Judge Shannon Langston set bond at $1 million cash -- the same bond co-defendant Daniel Johnson was given. Stone was fatally shot following a game of basketball on June 22...

By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News The Blytheville Chickasaws head to Paragould Friday night to take on the Rams in another key 5A-East matchup. The Chicks are coming off a huge, 33-13, win over the Batesville Pioneers. The win snapped a 21-game conference winning streak for Batesville and put the Chicks in a four-way tie for first place in the 5A-East. ...

By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News The Gosnell Pirates hit the road to take on the Jonesboro Westside Warriors Friday night. The Pirates are coming off their first loss of the season. Gosnell was stunned by Pocahontas, 40-0, on their home field last week...

Once again, it is I, the Great Fitzini. Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, Sage of Sages. Back again for another week of predicting prep football games. It's getting down to crunch time in conference play. With two games left to go, the 5A-East has a four-way tie for first. ...

Caraway -- Calvin Dean Jackson, 77, passed away Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at his home. He was born March 5, 1938, in Osceola to the late Roe Andrew and Lilly Irene Hicks Jackson and married the love of his life on June 23, 1959, and shared 56 years together. ...