Stories from Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Mark Corter, Manila Senior Lion, was named Player of the Week for game 5. Mark plays center and defensive tackle for the Lions. Pictured presenting the keepsake football is J.P. Baugher, Farm Bureau agent, Manila.

Manila overcame an 8-0 deficit and rallied past the Corning Bobcats 26-16 in 3A-3 senior high football action Friday night at Lion Field. In doing so, the Lions handed the Bobcats their 28th consecutive defeat, dropping Corning to 0-6 on the season. The win upped Manila’s record to 2-4 overall and conference mark to 2-1...

Zac Morris accounted for two touchdowns and Jordan Spray tacked on a third, leading Manila to a 22-6 victory over Corning in junior high football action Thursday night. It was Manila’s first victory of the season and improved the Junior Lions’ record to 1-3 in conference play...

Manila fired a team score 267 to finish fourth in last week’s Class 3A State Golf Championships at the Mountain Ranch Golf Course in Fairfield Bay. The Lions finished a mere two shots out of second place behind runner up Clinton, who carded a team score of 265. Mayflower edged the Lions for third with a 266 score. Harding Academy ran away with the championship with a team score of 235...

Buffalo Island Central captured its third consecutive Class 2A Boys State Golf Championship Tuesday at the Country Club in Conway. It marked the fourth state championship in the last five years for the Mustangs, who defeated runner-up Conway-St. Joseph by an impressive 19 strokes. BIC finished with a 255-team score in the play four, count three, format. All four Mustang golfers earned All-State honors...

Manila City Council hired hired a new code enforcement officer and gave raises to several employees at a special called meeting Monday, Oct. 2. All council members, Dale Murphy, Donnie Wagner, Steven Milligan, Wendell Poteet, William Barnhart and Jason Baltimore, were present...

Rodney Robertson of Leachville was recently elected to serve as mayor and will preside at the regular Oct. 16 meeting. Robertson had served on the city council since last November. Leachville Mayor Ralph Wells passed away in May and Councilwoman Lisa Baldridge had been serving as interim mayor until the September election...

Moving Manila Forward organization held a community meeting Thursday evening at the Main Street Museum. Mayor Wayne Wagner spoke about the partnership working together to purchase the building which was turned into the Main Street Museum. “I am looking forward to working with all of you,” Mayor Wagner said...

Bob Farmer of Manila retired in 1995 after 33 years and four months with the Arkansas Game and Fish. For most of those 33 years and four months, he was out among trees and wildlife. He and his wife, Sue, were both dedicated to their long careers. She taught elementary school for 34 years...

This month during the Riverside School Board meeting the school board saw annual reports from all the building principals. East Elementary Principal Steven Sanders reported East has an enrollment of 173 with nine students in Gifted and Talented and 21 in special education. The largest group is the second grade with 30 students. According to Sanders around 40 students have been participating in basketball instruction lead by Coach Spencer Hoffman...

A few sprinkles of rain throughout the day did not dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowd gathered in Manila for the 30th annual Manila Lions Chili Cook-off. Eighteen chili teams competed for top honors with their chili recipes. Nineteen vendor booths set up with everything from baked goods to snocones...

Ms. Imogene Henton, 82 of Luxora, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Wednesday October 4, 2017 at the South Mississippi County Hospital in Osceola. Born August 5, 1935 in Chicago to Fred and Annie Laura Edwards Williams, she was educated in the Blytheville School District and was a graduate of Richard B. ...

Mr. Jerry Wayne Statler, Sr., 73, of Millington, Tennessee, passed away on the afternoon of October 9, 2017. Mr. Statler was a fabric cutter for Americo and a member of the First Baptist Church in Covington, Tennessee. Mr. Statler is survived by his wife, Sharon Young Statler of Millington, Tenn.; his son, Jerry Wayne (Amy) Statler, Jr. ...

The Blytheville Police Department announced Tuesday afternoon that they’d like to make all Blytheville residents aware of an apparent scam involving a “well-educated man” knowing certain details regarding the account information of area residents. The man calls up his victims and tells them that they have not paid their Entergy bill and that unless a payment is made immediately, their power will be shut off within the next two days. ...

After getting their first conference win against the GCT Eagles on Friday in front of the homecoming crowd, the Blytheville Chickasaws (2-4, 1-2 5A East) will hit the road to face a much-improved 5A-East opponent, the Valley View Blazers. The Blazers (4-2, 2-1 5A East) are senior-laden and much improved from last year’s team that failed to make the playoffs and finished with a 5-5 record...

The Blytheville Fire Department joined the effort to support breast cancer awareness and domestic violence awareness this month. BFD will display two ribbons —one purple for domestic violence awareness and one pink for breast cancer awareness — on the front of two of their pumpers. The metal ribbons were donated by Blytheville Sheet Metal and painted by Adrenaline Customs as a donation as well...