Stories from Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Blytheville Youth Sportsplex will be the center of an action-packed Fourth of July weekend celebration in Blytheville. Starting Friday evening at 6 p.m., Blytheville is hosting the 8-year-old state baseball tournament, the 10-year-old district tournament and the 12-year-old district tournament...

Fourteen local senior citizens recently traveled to Jonesboro to compete in the 2009 Senior Games sponsored by the East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging. The athletes competed in track and field events, including shot put, javelin, mile walk, and mixed relay walk. Other Olympic-type events included weight-lifting, bowling, pool, BB-gun shooting, football throw, softball throw, basketball free-throw, basketball, horseshoes, all types of dancing and other athletic events...

Members of the Cotton Classic Car Club present a $22,000 check to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. The check reflects money raised during the club's Cars and Cycles against Cancer car show, held June 6 on the Arkansas Aeroplex. Plans are already under way for next year's show, which will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, at the Aeroplex...

The Family Dollar Store on East Main had a very unusual shopper Wednesday evening, when this Hyundai Sonata driven by a Blytheville female, crashed through the side wall of the business, stopping fully inside the store. No one was hurt in the accident. The female driver told police the brakes failed on the vehicle. The view from the outside is shown in the lower photo...