Stories from Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Gosnell Pirates bounced back from Tuesday night's loss to Westside with a 62-51 win over the Cave City Cavemen Friday night in front of a spirited crowd at the Gosnell Physical Education Center.

The Blytheville Chickasaws got their second win in three contests, thanks to a convincing 65-47 road victory over the Wynne Yellowjackets Friday night.

State Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, believes a constituent was handed a sentence that didn't fit the crime more than 20 years ago, and he's working on the man's behalf to get a pardon from Gov. Mike Beebe.

The city of Blytheville entered 2014 with one of its lowest sales tax rates in recent years, at 9.5 percent.