Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2011

As anticipated, Arkansas Razorbacks offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Garrick McGee interviewed Wednesday with University of Tulsa officials about TU's head football coaching vacancy.

The Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters, in conjunction with Blytheville American Legion Baseball, is sponsoring an indoor Winter Baseball Clinic for children age 13-16.

Hugh Dixon, 95, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly of Blytheville, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at NHC Healthcare in Murfreesboro.

Mrs. Nora Laura Anderson Williams, 93, of Wilson, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at her home.

Mrs. Cindy Harvison Holt, 43, wife of Larry Holt, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett.

The Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters has affiliated with Pony League Baseball for ages 13-16 and has been awarded the Colt Division (15 and 16 Year Old) Southern US Regional Tournament for 2011.

A Blytheville resident reported Tuesday the theft of prescription medication and a handgun valued at $715 from a vehicle parked at the Blytheville Country Club.

JONESBORO -- USDA'S 2010 soybean price forecast rose 25 cents a bushel on the agency's January supply-demand report in which it lowered expectations for the number of U.S. soybean acres from its December estimate. "Harvested acres were decreased by 200,000 acres," Scott Stiles, Extension economist-risk management for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said Wednesday. "The national average yield was reduced by 0.4 bushels to 43.5 bushels per acre."...

Local attorneys Mike Gibson and Jeremy Thomas have announced the opening of Gibson & Thomas, P.A., which is located in Osceola at the former location of the Gibson Law Firm.

Two Mississippi County Courthouse offices are teaming up to try to save the county some money while providing quality service to county residents.

Adeowale "Wally" Adelowo died on Nov. 6, 2009, of multiple gunshot wounds to his back, hip and stomach, according to Dr. Daniel Konzelmann, associate medical examiner for the Arkansas Crime Laboratory.

Members of the Blytheville Ministerial Alliance met at Great River Medical Center Wednesday in preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Monday.

The Plain and Fancy Quilters Club rang in the new year with a meeting Jan. 4 at the Blytheville Public Library.

Girl Scouts in the region will be putting their entrepreneurial and leadership skills into practice with the arrival of the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Order taking began Jan. 8 and goes until Jan. 23.

I was working at my computer Thursday (something I do at least some of the time just about every day) when Herb (that's longtime employee Herb Smith, for those of you not in the know) came up behind me and started chatting me up about playing some racquetball.

Without the Boys and Girls Club to help look after her daughter, Sharon Harris would be spending a small fortune on after-school childcare, and would lose most of the spare time that she has used to earn her master's degree in early childhood education.