Stories from Saturday, March 23, 2019

JONESBORO - Another local business has offered to help Craighead County build a crisis stabilization unit in Jonesboro. Kevin's Heating and Air, of Jonesboro, told Craighead County Judge Marvin Day it would donate the heating and air units "and related necessities" to the unit as it is constructed near the current county jail, Day recently notified the county's quorum court...

Wednesday afternoon a hearing was held for 20-year-old Cameron Wells in front of Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson, Jr. At Wednesday’s hearing, Wells, who wasn’t present, was represented by local attorney Jim Harris. City attorney Chris Brown represented the city of Blytheville...

Dancing for the Cure (DFTC) will be held Saturday, April 13, at the Ritz Civic Center. This is the fifth year for the event. It has grown exponentially each year in attendance and also in funds raised for Relay for Life in which North Mississippi County holds a secure spot as number one in the state of Arkansas and in the country per capita...

On Tuesday the Blytheville City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the issuance of sales and use tax bonds to finance the Blytheville Justice Complex, the former National Guard Armory building at Byrum Road. The decision to change directions and use a private buyer for the bonds rather than USDA was made due to working with the government taking longer than expected...

Vendor application and cooking team deadlines for the second annual Manila Blazin' BBQ Festival is April 6. Application forms are available at different sites throughout Manila. More information is available on Facebook page: Blazin' BBQ Festival Manila, AR., or contact Andrew Fleeman at (870) 243-3246...

Armorel played host to Buffalo Island Central Friday, March 15, and came away with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Mustangs in senior high baseball action. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead after two innings before tacking on two more runs in the fifth. Armorel added another run in the sixth inning to take a 4-0 advantage...

Manila traveled to Brookland Friday and Saturday to participate in the Bearcat Blast Softball Tournament. The Lady Lions opened play Friday, March 15, with an 8-7 victory over Newport. The Lady Greyhounds took a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second inning before Manila pushed across a run to slice the Newport lead in half. ...

Riverside Lady Rebels played five games in the Bearcat Blast last weekend at Brookland and came away with four victories. The Lady Rebels began the tournament on Friday against Wynne. Riverside trailed 3-0 entering the last inning, but rallied, scoring four times to take a one run lead...

Manila began spring break by clubbing Bay 15-5 Friday, March 15, at Lion Field. Manila jumped on the Yellowjackets, scoring five runs in the first inning before adding four more in the second to take a 9-1 lead. The Lions added three runs in the third and tacked on three more in the fifth to invoke the 10-run rule. Bay out-hit Mania 11-9, but the Yellowjackets hurt themselves, committing three errors...

Riverside scored a run in the top of the seventh inning to edge Melbourne 7-6 Thursday, March 14, at Melbourne. The Bearkatz led 2-0 after the first inning, but the Rebels plated three runs in the top of the second to go up one. Melbourne squared the game, scoring a run in the bottom of the inning, but Riverside scored a run in the third and tacked on two more in the fourth to grab a 6-3 lead. ...