Stories from Friday, December 20, 2013

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Bobby Leon Raspberry, 74, of Festus, Mo., formerly of Gosnell, passed from this life Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at Jefferson Mercy Hospital in Crystal City, Mo.

Ernestine Ione Mathis, 92, of Blytheville, passed from this life Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at Gosnell Healthcare.

OK, let's start with the BHS football and basketball programs. Baseball could stand a little improvement also, but football and basketball are the big spectator sports, so let's concentrate on them.

KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School students are competing with their KIPP cousins at KIPP Delta College Preparatory School in Helena to see which middle school can read 10,000 during the year.

A California man is in custody after allegedly firing gunshots at Blytheville Police Officers Wednesday night on the west side of town.

Manila School District officials will host several public meetings to discuss the proposed millage increase for the purpose of constructing a new high school. Superintendent Pam Castor said the superintendent's office will be open for viewing of plans of the new high school from 2-6:30- p.m. ...

Blytheville led most of Thursday night's game against county rival Osceola, including enjoying an 11-point advantage midway through the third quarter. The Chicks seemed to be in a pretty good position for their first win, especially considering that later in the third they drew a charge on 6-foot-7 all-state center Tamas Bruce, who was forced to sit the Osceola bench for several minutes with his fourth foul...