Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Sophomore Layne Austin scored nine fourth quarter points and Taylor Layne drilled four free throws in the final 1:27 to help Bay hold off Riverside 60-57 in senior boys basketball action Tuesday night at Bay...

Buffalo Island Central's Junior Mustangs won their fourth consecutive Marmaduke Invitational Tournament Championship with a 43-28 victory over the Greyhounds in Thursday night's finals...

Manila golfers finished sixth at the recent 3A State Championships held at the Mountain Ranch Golf Club at Fairfield Bay. Harding Academy won the state title, firing a winning team score of 256. Clinton finished runner-up with a 259 total. ...

Rivercrest sophomore Kentavious Robinson scored three first quarter touchdowns to propel the league leading Colts to a 33-13 victory over Manila Friday night at Lion Field. The speedy Robinson, who piled up an incredible 292 yards rushing on 32 carries, scored on runs of 59, 19 and nine yards to put the Colts ahead 20-0 after the first quarter...

Manila High School students held their first Powder Puff football game Friday afternoon with the odds and evens going against each other shoulder pad to shoulder pad...

Buffalo Island School District Board officers were chosen during the monthly meeting held Oct. 26. Appointments for the 2016-2017 school year are Scott Colbert, president; Jason Stewart, vice president; John Field, secretary...

The 17th annual Caraway Harvest Festival was held on Saturday, Oct. 29, with entertainment, lots of food, games, pony rides, hay rides, chuckwagon cooking, archery, drawings and a large crowd. Over 30 vendors set up at the Caraway Park/bandstand area for a day to celebrate the harvest. ...

Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan introduced Fire Chief Chris Snyder who spoke to the city council at the Oct. 24 meeting. Chief Snyder asked the Council to approve funding for the Lake City Volunteer Fire Department active members for the following services: Hospital Wing, Air Vac and Medic One. ...

Leachville City Council voted unanimously to promote Lt. Joni Isebell to chief of police at a special called meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Mayor Ralph Wells informed the council he had appointed Isebell as chief immediately following the resignation of former Chief Marc Taylor on Oct. 22...

A team of Buffalo Island Central EAST students in Jill Sanders' classroom partnered with the Leachville Fire Department in a project to pressure test the city's 80+ fire hydrants...

Members of the Manila Fire Department are pleased to have new rescue equipment in-house. The new 18 foot trailer houses equipment needed for emergency rescue in grain bins...

Jamison Key, a student with the Buffalo Island Central EAST lab initiative, spoke with members of the Monette City Council Nov. 24 during the monthly meeting. Key shared steps taken while working to find a solution for concerns within the community of traffic safety following the completion of the bypass. ...

Sheriff Dale Cook said Mississippi County deputies responded to a 911 call to West Mississippi County Road 38, north of Leachville, on Thursday evening, Oct. 27. Upon arrival, the victim, Mike Wallace, 55, of Monette was found deceased lying on the south edge of West County Road 38...

Mrs. Annie Mae Goodman was born December 23, 1924 to Richard and Donnie Wright Carter. She was a homemaker and of the pentecostal faith. Mrs. Goodman departed this life on October 27, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, Arkansas at the age of 91...

Mrs. Cynthia Dawn Stokes was born August 21, 1961 in Hayti, MO to John and Dorothy Rogers Mann. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Stokes departed this life on October 30, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the age of 55...

Mabel "Tootsie" Hopper passed away October 29, 2016. She was born on March 29, 1925. Tootsie was preceded in death by her husband Chester "Sonny" Hopper, two sons Chester "Junior" Hopper, Donnie Owen Hopper, one daughter Susie Gail Hopper, and one granddaughter Sheila Kay Cassidy...

Mr. Freddie Lee Goss was born October 15, 1941 in West Memphis, Arkansas to Arthur and Margaret Brown Goss. He was a retired Brick Mason and he was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Goss departed this life on October 29, 2016 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the age of 75...

A woman had to be extricated from a vehicle following a single-car rollover accident this afternoon near Gosnell. According to Andrew Wyles, assistant chief of the Gosnell Police Department, the department received a call at approximately 4 p.m. of the accident on Arkansas Highway 151 just outside city limits of south Gosnell. When first responders arrived, they discovered the small passenger car in a ditch with a female driver and a dog inside...

Keith Nelson Ledbetter pled guilty to child pornography charges last week, after he reportedly videoed a 12-year-old girl in a private area and authorities found more than 238 images of child pornography. According to the deputy prosecutor's office, Ledbetter was sentenced to three years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections and three years Suspended Imposition of Sentence for the crimes that occurred in May 2015...

A Blytheville School bus was hit from behind Tuesday morning at the intersection of Main and Division Streets. According to Blytheville School District Superintendent Richard Atwill, "Bus 49 was rear-ended. No students were on board. There were no injuries and the motorist who struck the bus was cited."...

Coach Ben Fisher and the Blytheville Chickasaws head to Forrest City on Friday night to take on 5A-East rival, the Forrest City Mustangs. The two teams are tied for third in the league standings going into the regular season finale in Forrest City. The Mustangs are coached by longtime head coach, Rich Trail, who has racked up a record of 47-47-1 since taking the job in 2007...