Stories from Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Hospital issue not discussed at meeting

Cully Crook will be cutting hair one last time in Blytheville before closing Red Ball Barbershop on Main Street for good. Crook, who has had a barbershop in Blytheville for 43 years and 4 months, will be closing on Saturday. "It has been a great time," Crook said. "I will be open Saturday, and I will cut hair for as long as they are coming in the door. It has been bittersweet this last month. Some people I haven't told because I just couldn't tell them without crying."...

Vera James has set up a Black History Museum open for all citizens to see in a classroom of the Mississippi County Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission's Wiley Center. James said the museum will be open from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays until Spring Break...

Sam Haskell has been interviewed on shows like "The Today Show," "Good Morning America," "Fox and Friends," "Entertainment Tonight," "Larry King Live," "Access Hollywood" and others. Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Liz Smith will get her crack at the man known as "the nice guy in Hollywood" on Thursday...

Blytheville city councilman R.L. Jones addresses the crowd at Nehemiah Temple Monday night at the annual Civic Night. Many area leaders and members of law enforcement were in attendance.