Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Monette City Council met on Monday, Sept. 28, and accepted city improvement bids and discussed the building inspector position. The council discussed bids for electrical work on generators, hookups, wiring at lift station, use of remotes and transfers, and pouring of concrete slabs. Bay Electric bid $12,635 for the complete job, and Douglas Electric bid $22,000...

Manila scored three first period touchdowns and made them stand up for a 20-6 victory over Cave City in 3A-3 junior high football action Thursday night at Manila. The Lions got on the board early, driving 70 yards, capped off by Dylan Bogle's two-yard touchdown run at the 4:54 mark of the first period. Bogle ran in the two point conversion for an 8-0 Manila lead...

Michael Edward Graddy, 47, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Newport. He was born April 13, 1962, in Benton Harbor, Mich. to the late Billy and Ruby Graddy. Survivors include a son, Derek Michael Graddy of Monette; two sisters and their husbands, Doris and Terry Bayman and Tina and Rodney Wagner all of Grand Ledge, Mich.; two brothers, Bill Graddy of Harrisburg and Olden Luke Graddy of Black Oak; four nephews and three nieces.. ...

James Harold Kennett Sr., 69, of Leachville, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was the son of the late Thomas and Lillie Brannum Kennett and a lifelong Leachville resident. ...

J.B. Lorren, 81, of the Lost Cane Community, near Manila, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, at the Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. Born at Lost Cane, he was the son of the late John Marion and Venie Barnes Lorren. He was a retired farmer and a lifelong resident of Lost Cane...