Stories from Saturday, January 9, 2021

With many individual and team achievements this year within the Gosnell Girls’ golf program, the most prominent may be junior Aspen Austin’s qualification to the 2021 National High School Golf Invitational. In just two years of playing the sport, Austin has accomplished numerous milestones. ...

In the latest COVID-19 update, Mayor James Sanders was joined by Jermey Jackson of Delta Drug in Manila and Mississippi County Office of Emergency Management Director Wayne Reynolds to further discuss the vaccination process. Currently, Delta Drug in Manila, Rose Pharmacy in Blytheville and Southern Pharmacy in Leachville are managing the vaccines and directing the process for vaccinating the county...

Several local pharmacies are among those that will be administering Covid-19 vaccine shots, including Delta Drug in Manila, Rose Pharmacy in Blytheville and Southern Pharmacy in Leachville in Mississippi County, and Southern Pharmacy in Craighead County and Poinsett County, and McFarlin Pharmacy in Monette...

Manila Junior High School recently won first place in Fall 2020 competition of  The Stock Market Game, which is sponsored by Economics Arkansas. The young men finished first out of 49 teams in the state and 10th out of 967 teams across the country. Team members are Spencer Stutts, Kohner Gann, Hayden Edgin and Clayton Hawkins. Teacher Heath Hawkins expressed his congratulations to the team...