Stories from Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Andrew McFarlin scampered home with the winning run on a Sloan Hendrix throwing erroring in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the BIC Mustangs a thrilling 5-4 victory in the finals of the 2A Regional Baseball Championship Monday afternoon at Palestine. It was the second regional title in school history...

Spring Hill broke a 1-1 tie, scoring five times in the top of the eighth inning, and handed Buffalo Island Central a 6-1 eight inning loss in the quarterfinals of the 2A State Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon at Lepanto. It was a day of missed opportunities for the Mustangs, who banged out 12 hits, but could manage just one run. ...

Corning proved to be a thorn in the side of Manila once again Monday afternoon when they squeezed past the Lions 5-4 in the finals of the 3A Regional Championship. It was the second time in a week Corning defeated Manila, having beaten the Lions in last week’s district semifinals at Lake City...

Ms. Kimberlee Helms Bugos-Stevens, 51, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born in Blytheville on September 2, 1965 to Garfield Helms and Reba Crotts Helms. She was a member of Clear Lake Baptist Church...

Greenland scored six runs in the fourth inning and went on to hand Manila a 10-3 loss, eliminating the Lions from the 3A State Tournament during Saturday’s quarterfinal action at Harrison. The two teams were tied 1-1 entering the bottom of the fourth when the Pirates exploded for six runs to blow the game open. ...

Riverside watched its first-round state tournament game get washed out Thursday afternoon at Harrison, but the Rebels responded on Friday by blasting Mayflower 12-2 behind the superlative pitching performance of senior ace Gavin Stone. The Rebels rode another sparkling pitching gem on Saturday against Genoa Central in the quarterfinals, this time by southpaw Charlie McClure, who hurled Riverside to a 5-1 victory over the Dragons. ...

The fifth annual Buckin' of the Bulls, benefiting St. Jude Children's Hospital, will be held at the Caraway Equine Arena at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 19. Admission is $10 for adults; ages 6-12 $5; and under 6 free. All gate proceeds will go to St. Jude...

It was an evening of butterflies and barbecue, love and caring at the first annual spring fundraiser for the Butterfly House in Manila on Saturday, May 6. The event was held at the Manila Airport Center with celebrity waiters, lots of food, live auction and photo booth...

Caraway Mayor Barry Riley informed the city council Thursday evening about a new ordinance that has been in the works for quite some time. “I’m pleased to announce we have a new ordinance (Pit Bull Ordinance 2017-6) regarding pit bull dogs in the city of Caraway,” Riley said. ...

Manila Lions Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades 1-7 will be held May 24-26 at the Manila High School gymnasium. The younger campers, boys and girls entering grades 1-3, will meet from 9-11:30 a.m. The older group will meet from 12:30-3:30 p.m...

Sawyer Sloan Hawkins, son of Heath and Madison Hawkins of Leachville, was born at 2:05 p.m. April 19, 2017. He weighed seven pounds and 13 ounces. He has an older brother, Snowden Slade Hawkins, 2. Grandparents are Jeff and April Finch of Monette and Cole and Kerin Hawkins of Leachville...

The Veteran's Monument in Monette is in place and on schedule for the upcoming dedication ceremony which will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 29, at the monument sight. A tent will be placed at the new parking area between the monument and the Monette Fire Station...

The City of Blytheville will be hosting their 4th Annual Youth Fishing Rodeo from 8 a.m. until noon at the Walker Park Pond on Saturday. The fishing derby is for area youth ages 16 and under. A free t-shirt will be given to the first 50 kids. A free sausage and biscuit will be given to the first 100 kids. A prize drawing will be held at 10 a.m. for all participants and trophies will be awarded for winners in all age categories...

The inaugural “Butts on Broadway” barbecue contest was held Saturday in conjunction with Mayfest. The winners were: Big Racks (first), Squeal Team 6 Arkansas (second), Blytheville Police Department (third), Notorious P. I. G. (fourth), 627 BBQ (fifth), Cache Valley Electric (sixth), Pork Chop Mafia (seventh), The Hawgfathers (eighth), Steel Squeelers (ninth) and The Chuck & Steve Show (10th)...

Marquel McKinney (far left) finished second in the High Jump (6-4) and Triple Jump (46-11) last weekend at the Meet of Champs in Russellville. He will finish out the year at the State Decathlon in Cabot Wednesday and Thursday.

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police arrested Jess Pritchard, 41, on charges of possession of an instrument of a crime and obstructing governmental operations in the 1000 block of South Division. — Officers took a harassment report...