Stories from Friday, February 7, 2020

Quitman Larry “Sonny Boy” Cox, Sr., 88, of Osceola, passed away Feb. 4, 2020. He was born March 10, 1931, to Jim and Zetter Cox. He was a United States Army veteran, retired from Delta Products Oil Mill and a self taught carpenter and upholsterer. He was a member of Keiser First Baptist Church...

JC Green, 74, of Manila, passed from this life Feb. 7, 2020, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born in Manila, he was the son of the late Oliver and Mozella Brown Green and was a lifelong area resident. A graduate of Manila High School, he was a U.S. ...

Around 5 a.m. Friday morning, a 17-year-old Mississippi County girl was shot in the abdomen in Burdette and was sent to Regional One Health Medical Center (The Med) for surgery, according to Mississippi County Sheriff Dale Cook. According to family, the victim, Chloe Byrd, is out of surgery and recovering...

In the final ever boys game at Chickasaw Gym, the Blytheville Chickasaws crushed the Batesville Southside Southerners, 75-36, Friday night on Senior Night. Having already locked up the 4A-3 conference title, the Class 4A top-ranked Chicks (23-3, 13-0 4A-3) are now just one win away from a perfect run through the league. Blytheville was undefeated at home this season...

MANILA — Before the game tipped at the standing room only Lion Gym, one sensed that the Manila-Gosnell game would be heated. And it was. Several Gosnell fans were tossed and Pirate head coach Kirk Glintborg was ejected as the Manila Lions were crowned conference champions for the second straight year after a 62-38 victory over the Pirates...

Friday night’s final boys game in Chickasaw Gym was fitting as the Class 4A top-ranked Blytheville Chickasaws cruised past Batesville Southside, 75-36. There have been a lot of lopsided Chickasaw wins in “The Big Teepee” as former coach Bill Tyer often referred to it...