Stories from Thursday, March 3, 2011

Armorel rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh for a 10-7 come-from-behind win over East Poinsett County, Wednesday.

The Gosnell Pirates baseball team begins the 2011 season with a game in Jonesboro on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Julie Seibert of Blytheville and Kelly Matthews of Caruthersville will be married March 12, 2011, at the Caruthersville Church of God.

Mrs. Lillie Mae Wilson, 76, of Osceola, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at South Mississippi County Medical Center in Osceola.

Mrs. Florine Betty Marshall Guyton Johnson, 79, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Mr. Howard Leon Carr, 62, of Joiner, died March 1, 2011, at Methodist University Medical Center in Memphis.

Blytheville Police are investigating the death of a 23-30-year-old black man who was found dead Wednesday morning.

Members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court's Planning and Development Committee agreed Wednesday afternoon to purchase land for a new factory planning to locate in Osceola.

Here are the state tournament scores from Wednesday night.

I can't imagine the anguish and anxiety after hearing: "I'm sorry, your son has cancer." Those words are a parent's worst nightmare and an everyday reality for the rich, the poor, those of every socioeconomic status.

A former Arkansas State Trooper is once again employed by the state law enforcement agency after Col. Winford Phillips reversed his decision to terminate Andrew Rhew.

Mr. Ozell "Babe" Young, 72, of Blytheville, died Feb. 27, 2011, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.