Stories from Friday, September 23, 2016

Mrs. Mary Jane Lopez, 67, of Gosnell passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Born in Blytheville on January 19,1949 to the late Cecil and Vena Counts Haley. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Gosnell, where she worked in the nursery for a while...

Mr. Richard Airey Grammer, Jr., 49, of Blytheville, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2016. Born to the late Richard Airey Grammer and Juanita Hall Grammer of Steele. Mr. Grammer was a carpenter by trade and enjoyed working with wood. He liked to pick up old wood from buildings that had been torn down and he would make something beautiful and useful from it. ...

Mrs. Ophelia Thompson-Valliant, 92, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, AR. Born August 12, 1924, in Shaw, Miss. to the late Annie Wilson and the late Rev. C.W. Thompson, she was known to some as "Momma Doll", "Doll" and "Gigi"...

Friday morning, after receiving no challenges and no provisional ballots, the Mississippi County Election Commission certified the following school board election results: Blytheville Zone #6 Tracey Ritchey defeated Keith Griffin 190-82. Blytheville Zone #8...

Friday's Scores The Associated Press Alma 28, Vilonia 3 Ashdown 13, Mena 12 Atkins 29, Lamar 14 Bald Knob 46, Harding Academy 34 Batesville 56, Nettleton 42 Bearden 28, Rison 24 Bentonville 24, Fayetteville 21 Bentonville West 42, Van Buren 14 Brinkley 38, Clarendon 29...

BROOKLAND -- Gosnell sophomore Cadarius Young made quite a splash in the 3-4A opener with Brookland. Young rushed for five touchdowns and 261 yards as the Pirates rolled to a 38-12 victory. Young scored on runs of 45, 47, 5, 80 and 30 yards to lead the way...

In a battle of 5A-East heavyweights, Wynne delivered too many body shots in handing Blytheville a 57-32 loss to open league play Friday night at Haley Field. Despite three key fumbles in the middle quarters, the Chicks were within two touchdowns going into the fourth quarter, but could not complete the comeback as Wynne pulled away to win the clash of defending co-conference champions...

"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...." First Amendment, United States Constitution. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be... [But] where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe," Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to Colonel Charles Yancey on January 6, 1816...