Stories from Friday, April 28, 2017

On Wednesday, Blytheville police warned two local businesses they must remove drug paraphernalia from their shelves per state law, A.C.A. 5-64-802. Police responded to Stop ‘N Buy, 3701 South Divison, around 10 a.m. Wednesday and told the manager he had 48 hours to remove the objects from the store...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police took a breaking and entering report in the 2200 block of Marguerite. A GPS and wallet were reported missing from the vehicle. — Officers investigated a shooting in the 500 block of Cherry. ...

Mrs. Linda Bates, 65, of Dell, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017 at her home. Linda was born in Laurel, Montana to William and Vonna (Dwyer) Schaible. She was a homemaker and a member of Dell Baptist Church. Linda was a devout Christian and loved spreading the word about Jesus...

BAY— For the first time since the 2004 season, the defending 1A state champion Armorel Tigers will not take the district’s top seed into the regional tournament. On Thursday, with bases loaded, two outs and a tied ball game, host Bay Yellowjackets’ senior Nolan Smith drew a bases-loaded walk that would bring in the winning run and hand the Tigers a 4-3 loss the 1A-3 District championship game...

The Blytheville Chickasaws defeated the Forrest City Mustangs in both games of a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Chickasaws took the first game, 16-5, and then shutout the Mustangs in the nightcap, 10-0. In the first game, Mac Connell picked up the win allowing five runs on seven hits and fanning eight Mustang batters...

The Arkansas Department of Labor has confirmed that the Blytheville Police Department reached compliance in vacating part of its current facility, according to Assistant Police Chief Ricky Jefferson. On Friday, Jefferson told the Courier News that an ADOL representive visited the police department and was satisfied with what he saw. ...

Blytheville authorities spotted a funnel cloud, Wednesday night, according to Police Chief Ross Thompson. Thompson said when officials tried to sound the tornado sirens, the sirens would not respond. He said officers took to the streets to warn residents with their sirens, and they discovered a tree uprooted on Franklin, as well as trees down at 10th and Moultrie and Dougan and Davis...

ARMOREL-- The Armorel Lady Tigers defeated the BIC Lady Mustangs, 3-0, on Tuesday to regain the 1A Region 3 conference championship. The Lady Tigers were helped out by senior hurler Madison Beal who picked up the win on a complete game. Beal struck out 14 Lady Mustang batters while allowing four hits in the win...

I surrender! My hands are up in the air and I quit. Checkmate! No más! You'll find my wallet on the ground. When you get all you can out of there, the only thing I have left is my arm, my leg and ...well I suppose I can sell my blood. Maybe we can get blood out of a turnip. That is simply the cost of living in Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas...