Stories from Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court are breathing a little easier today as the Arkansas House of Representatives passed Rep. Sarah Capp's HB1743 Monday afternoon by a vote of 92 yeas to 2 nays, with 1 voting present. Five representatives did not vote in any way whatsoever. ...

Sandy “Bebe” Gillespie accepted the Citizen of the Year Award at Monday night’s Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce banquet. Gillespie leads the Healing in the Hood organization, is heavily involved with local youth and gives his time to local causes. He is an insurance agent at Farm Bureau and owns Blue Plate Longue...

Area icon Steve Southard was visibly shocked and emotionally moved to his soul Monday evening before hundreds of his friends, acquaintances, family members and community leaders in the first "sold out" Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, as he was named the 2017 winner of their Lifetime Achievement Award...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — In the final meet before next month’s AAU Championships, The Wright Gym Classics saw their scores continue to rise at the Shamrock Invitational, Saturday. Local gymnasts left Cape Girardeau with nine first place ribbons, including Hannah Hopper’s top honors in all-around in the Excel Gold 13-year-old-plus division...

Gosnell residents woke up with pink water on Wednesday morning.

Kathleen Bartholomew, 77, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., passed from this life Monday, March 13, 2017, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The daughter of the late Ed and Thelma Dudley McMasters, she was raised in Manila and was a 1958 graduate of Manila High School. ...

Last week, a jury found Tylon King not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in a 2015 incident. King was accused of trying to hire an individual to kill his ex-girlfriend in February 2015. Reports claimed police captured calls between King and Diedre Ketece Bingham, including one on Feb. 22, when they allegedly had a three-way call with another co-defendant, the alleged would-be hitman, Calvin "Murdoc" Aldridge...