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Hidden treasure found
(Local News ~ 04/03/19)
Danny Harris of Blytheville recently found what he considers a hidden treasure in the attic of his home on Walnut Street. What he thought was a brick or an old piece of wood holding up ductwork ended up being a hard-back book printed in 1913. The book, "R.L. ...
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Lady Lions club Corning
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/19)
Manila banged out 14 hits and went on to club Corning 11-3 in 3A-3 softball action Friday night at Bobcat Field. Corning got on the board first, scoring a pair of runs in the second to grab a 2-0 lead. Mania answered, scoring four times in the third inning before tacking on five more runs in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead. Corning pushed across a run in the bottom of the fifth before the Lady Lions added the final two runs of the game in the seventh...
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Towery fires four-hit shutout as Riverside Lady Rebels defeat BIC 12-0
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/19)
Riverside remained unbeaten in 2A-3 conference softball, whitewashing Buffalo Island Central 12-0 Thursday at Monette. Katie Towery fired a four hit, five inning shut-out while striking out seven Lady Mustangs to earn the win. Mason Hastings suffered the loss for BIC...
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Tigers fall in last inning in Batesville Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/19)
BATESVILLE— The Armorel Tigers were behind most of the game to the Beebe Badgers Friday night in the Batesville Tournament but tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. However, a bad throw after a spectacular play caused three runs to come across the plate in the seventh inning as the Badgers defeated the Tigers 6-3...
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Pirates rout conference foe Walnut Ridge
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/19)
GOSNELL — The Gosnell Pirates cruised to an 8-1 victory Monday against 3A-3 conference opponent the Walnut Ridge Bobcats. The Pirates jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first and added a run in the bottom of the second. GHS went quit until the fifth inning when they increased their lead to 4-0...
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Seeing through the lens of a police officer
(Column ~ 04/03/19)
The FBI was in Blytheville last week, but there were no big raids or high-profile arrests. In fact, as far as I know, the FBI was not conducting any type of investigation here. Instead the visit by special agents was the culmination of the Blytheville Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy...
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Days that we remember
(Column ~ 04/03/19)
There are dates/events we never forget. Some may be historical dates such as the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated (Nov. 22, 1963); the first walk on the moon (July 20, 1969); the assassination of Martin Luther King (April 4, 1968); or maybe the attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)...
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BIC EAST students win at conference
(Local News ~ 04/03/19)
A Buffalo Island EAST team won the MicroControlling Everything competition at the 2019 EAST Conference held in Hot Springs March 12-14. Members of the team include juniors Payton Ivy, Brody McFall, Harris McCord and sophomore Caleb Suiter. BIC EAST program is under the direction of Jill Sanders...
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Riverside School Board renews classified contracts
(Local News ~ 04/03/19)
Riverside School Superintendent Jeff Priest recommended rehiring of all classified staff at the April 1 meeting. Board members present, Greg Smith, Greg Douglas and Mike Brickell, voted unanimously to rehire classified staff. Priest then read a letter of resignation from Katie Sanderson. Sanderson is the district’s treasurer and has served the school for 47 years...
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Monette committee approves rezoning request
(Local News ~ 04/03/19)
On Monday evening the Monette Planning and Zoning Committee unanimously approved a request from GRK Properties to rezone property on 500 N. Edmonds Street from agricultural to R3 in order to allow proposed construction of six duplex and six triplex units...
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Cash4Guns aims to get guns off streets
(Local News ~ 04/03/19)
Healing in the Hood and Blytheville rap group TBG are partnering for a program aimed at removing guns from the streets. There were eight homicides in Blytheville in February and March combined and there have been nine total murders in Mississippi County this year...
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Malikk Holliman
(Obituary ~ 04/03/19)
Malikk Holliman, 20, of Blytheville died Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Blytheville. He was born Dec. 29, 1998 in Memphis, Tenn., to Jessica Holliman and Kevin Vail. Malikk is survived by his mother, Jessica Holliman of Blytheville; his father Kevin Vail, of Osceola; brothers, Timothy Johnson, Kadarius Holliman, Mason Holliman, and Ol’Tariyas Holliman, all of Blytheville; one sister, Destiny Frazier of Jonesboro; maternal grandmother, Sandra Clark of Blytheville; paternal grandfather, Larry Thomas of Wilson; godsister, Tia Thomas Blair of Blytheville; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends.. ...
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Morene Fincher
(Obituary ~ 04/03/19)
Morene Fincher, 90, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at her home in Caraway. She was born Dec. 14, 1928, in Black Oak to the late Olin and Sarah Logan Cook. Mrs. Morene was a homemaker and a member of the Caraway First Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving mother, sister and grandmother...
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Leah Amanda Webb-Gardner-Walker
(Obituary ~ 04/03/19)
Honoring the Life of Leah Amanda Walker Leah Amanda Webb-Gardner-Walker, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. “Amanda” was born in Macon, Miss., on March 25, 1928, to her parents, the late Enoch and Amanda (Mandie) Webb. She was the last survivor of 18 children of the Webb Family. She attended local schools in Macon. In May, 1944 she was married to Thomas Gardner. They were blessed with seven children, five sons and two daughters...
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Luther S. "Steve" Lindley
(Obituary ~ 04/03/19)
Luther S. "Steve" Lindley, 66, of Manila, formerly of Lake City, passed from this life Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Pocahontas, he was the son of the late Jim Bob and Rosie Dildine Lindley and had been a Manila resident since 2017. ...
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