Stories from Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Manila and Riverside split a twin-bill Tuesday afternoon at Lion Field. Manila won the first game, which had been called due to darkness earlier in the season with the score tied 2-2. ...

Riverside played host to Hoxie Monday at Lake City and pounded the Lady Mustangs 19-7. The Lady Rebels scored multiple runs in the first four innings. Riverside got five in the first, tacked on seven more in the second and put up a four-spot in the third before finishing the day with a three-run fourth inning...

Holly Stockton and Lexi Walls drove in four runs each, helping Buffalo Island Central crush Cedar Ridge 14-6 in high school softball action Tuesday at Monette. Stockton singled and doubled while Walls also had a double. Lexie Ray helped out with a single, a double and two RBI while earning the victory on the mound with seven strikeouts...

Buffalo Island Central routed Marked Tree and Cross County while falling to Armorel in high school baseball action last week. The Mustangs began the week, dropping a 12-2 decision Tuesday afternoon at Armorel. BIC bounced back and clobbered Marked Tree 14-3 Thursday before blasting Cross County 16-1 Friday at Monette...

Manila 's Lady Lions split their only two games last week, rolling over Buffalo Island Central 17-7 Monday at Monette before being handed a 16-4 setback by Riverside Tuesday at home...

Monette City Council held a special meeting Friday April 7 to discuss options to build a parking lot following the removal of the old Nettleton house recently acquired by the city...

Staff During the April 3 monthly meeting the Riverside District School Board recognized the efforts of Megan Priest in the application for the GO RED! grant recently awarded to the district...

The ancient Prairie Cemetery, south of Lake City, is being examined from above and below to find graves of loved ones buried there. Riverside teacher and Lake City councilwoman Brenda Hutcheson spearheaded a project in January to reclaim the overgrown cemetery on County Road 812, one-and-a-half miles east of Lunsford...

Manila city council members gathered for a special called meeting Friday morning to address a water pump issue. Mayor Wayne Wagner thanked the council members for their prompt attention to the problem on a short notice. Council members present included Steve Milligan, Donnie Wagner, Jason Baltimore, Wendell Poteet and William Barnhart...

Porter Couch, son of Cade and Stahr Couch of Monette and grandson of Pam Mangrum of Monette and Kim and Randy Couch of Caraway recently celebrated his 5th birthday. He chose to receive donations for the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society instead of gifts for the fourth consecutive year...

Several area players received post season basketball honors, headlined by Riverside's Gavin Stone, who set the Rebel single season scoring record. Stone finished the year with 1,080 points, for an average of 25.1 points per game, also a school record. ...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police investigated an aggravated robbery in the 500 block of North Franklin. The victim told police that two black males held him at gunpoint when he got out of his car, then took $1,300 from his pockets...

Mrs. Phillis Jane Blagg, 64, passed away on April 9, 2017 at her home in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Blagg is survived by her son, Dustin Watts of Marked Tree; four daughters, Dina (Eugene) Watts of Parkin, Stacy (James) Adams of Chelford, Ark., Tracy (Tim) Greene of Tyronza and Jessica (Tim) Collier of Marked Tree; three brothers, Larry (Peggy) Holt of Whitton, Ark., Thomas (Eliane) Holt of Chelford, Ark. ...

Ms. Joyce Marie Brown Moultrie of Blytheville, passed away on April 3, 2017 at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. Born May 16, 1951 to Amos Brown, Sr. and Evelyn Tyler Brown in Osceola, she was a secretary by trade. She was a member of the Revival Center in Blytheville, leader of the Praise Team and also a Sunday School Teacher...

Mrs. Gracie L. Morris, 78, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at her home. Gracie was born in the Lost Cane Community to A.C. and Artie (Bourland) Owens. She was the office manager at Dr. Lawrence Abramson’s office before retiring and was also the former office manager at Blytheville Water Company. Gracie was a member of North Tenth Street Baptist Church and loved to travel, shop, and play golf...

Mr. Delvin Devon Meadows, 23, was born on February 13, 1994 to David Meadows and Tammy Hayward Meadows in Blytheville. Delvin departed this life on April 7, 2017 in Blytheville. He was a retail worker by trade and was employed at Wal-Mart. Delvin is preceded in death by his mother, Tammy Howard Meadows...

On Saturday night, the third annual Dancing for the Cure was held at the Holiday Inn, raising more than $27,000 for the fight against cancer. The event partnered five Blytheville High School dancers with five local citizens who, in one way or another, have been touched by cancer — whether through family members or had cancer in their life...

Ms. Zelphia Moore, 71, passed away at her home in Marked Tree, on April 9, 2017. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John M.B. Church. Ms. Moore is survived by her daughter, Chiquita Woods of Marked Tree; six brothers, Aaron Jones of Trumann, Jerry Jones of Marked Tree, Levander Jones of Jonesboro, Earl Jones of Marked Tree, Calvin Jones of Rochester, N.Y. and Donnell Jones of Racine, Wis.; one sister, Carolyn Willis of Killeen, Texas; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren...

The Armorel School Board held their monthly meeting Monday and discussed topics that including bids on the new gym lobby renovation as well as the need for a new K-2 building. Bids on the gym renovations were received by Tate General Contractors (Tate) and Dennis Allen Construction, after Jower’s Construction withdrew their bid...

ARMOREL— The Gosnell Lady Pirates slipped past Mississippi County opponent, the Armorel Lady Tigers, 7-5, after early errors by the Lady Tigers. The Lady Tigers jumped out to 4-1 lead after the first inning but after several errors by the Lady Tigers in the top of the second the Lady Pirates put five runs on the board to take a 6-4 lead. ...

The Thunder Bayou Golf Links held an open two-man scramble on Saturday, hosting 20 teams. The winning team of the Championship Flight was Jesse Cooper and Jessie Coffman who shot a 67. Dale Ray and Marvin Crawford took second place by shooting a 68...