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Bruce Edward Welch
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Mr. Bruce Edward Welch, 70, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011 at his home.
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Bonnie Jean McFall Nimmo
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Mrs. Bonnie Jean McFall Nimmo, 75, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, March 7, 2011, at Phil and Flo Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
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Alberta McChristian
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Mrs. Alberta McChristian, 77, of Blytheville, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.
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The Rev. William Thaddeus Grimstead
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
The Rev. William Thaddeus Grimstead, 77, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, March 6, 2011, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.
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Dustin Carl Freeman
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Mr. Dustin Carl Freeman, 21, of Osceola, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at his home.
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Annabelle Nora Flock
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Mrs. Annabelle Nora Flock, 93, of Greensburg, Pa., passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Easy Living Country Estates.
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Manila traffic stop leads to drug arrests
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
A temporary cash bond of $250,000 was set by Judge Shannon Langston on Jason Douglas on March 3, and $1,500 each on William McMinn and Raeburn Gamble on March 4.
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Tigers return most of team that made semifinals last year
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
The Armorel Tigers baseball team is scheduled to visit Manila this afternoon to take on the Lions. Three games into the young season, the 1A-3 East Tigers are 1-2 with a win over East Poinsett County and losses to two 4A-3 schools, Trumann and Westside.
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Taking baby steps in a vanishing art
(Column ~ 03/08/11)
With the closing down of Borders Book Stores, I think we are all beginning to accept a harsh reality -- nobody reads anymore.
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Gosnell employees to get bonuses
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
The Gosnell School board voted in their Monday night meeting to give a non-recurring 3 percent bonus to all contracted school employees.
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Haven seeing rise in domestic violence
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Despite signs the economy may be recovering, The Haven reports the economy's negative impact still weighs heavy on domestic violence survivors in the Blytheville area.
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Tunson retiring from police force
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Retired Blytheville Police Captain Robert Tunson has only one regret about retiring: that he had to leave.
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Lady Chicks fall to Jonesboro in season-opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
Blytheville opened the softball season with a 16-1 loss to Jonesboro in three innings.
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Raymond Lee "Goob" Clayton
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Raymond Lee "Goob" Clayton, 66, of Leachville, died Thursday March 3, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Heber Springs he was the son of the late Robie B. and Gertie Goff Clayton and had been a lifelong Leachville area resident...
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Ruth Berneta Riggs
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Ruth Berneta Riggs, 85, of Jonesboro, formerely of Manila, died Thursday March 3, 2011, at the Craighead Nursing Center in Jonesboro. Born in Manila she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Alta B. Knott Bunch and had been a lifelong Manila resident before making her home in Jonesboro in 1998...
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Lions hopes of state title end at hands of West Fork 69-53
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
Manila's hopes of avenging last year's defeat in the Class 3A State Tournament finals fell by the wayside Friday night at Harding Academy in Searcy, as a hot West Fork squad overwhelmed the Lions 69-53 in the quarterfinals, ending Manila's season...
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Rebels slay Dragons, fall to Blue Devils
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
Riverside fell behind 17-4 in the first quarter before battling back to pull off an improbable 54-51 victory over Junction City in the first round of the 2A State Tournament Wednesday afternoon at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Monette...
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Injury riddled Lady Mustangs fall short in bid for state title
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
Buffalo Island Central's bid for its first girls state championship came to an end at the hands of Parkers Chapel 45-35 Saturday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Monette. The Lady Mustangs found themselves in an early hole for the third straight game, but unlike the first two games against Spring Hill and Mountainburg, in which BIC came from behind to win, the Lady Mustangs could not find a way to pull victory from the jaws of defeat against the Lady Trojans.. ...
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Local baseball players planning missionary trip
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
A group of enthusiastic young men from Manila and Tuckerman are preparing for a baseball/missionary trip to the Dominican Republic on July 22-29. The trip is in association with a program called Score International...
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Harvest Fellowship to celebrate first anniversary
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Harvest Fellowship Church of God, located on Highway 18 bypass, Manila, will hold a one year celebration with a special singing and service. The Gabbards' family from Kentucky will be the guest singers for a singing at 7 p.m. on Friday...
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Manila Lodge 588 officers elected
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Manila Masonic Lodge 588 elected officers for the year. They are Carl Brooks, past Worshipful Master, presenting the gavel to John Sneed, Worshipful Master. Back are, from left: David Keys, senior deacon; Woodrow Henry, chaplain; Eugene Dobbins, secretary; Jeremy Bennett, junior warden; William Barnhart, junior deacon; R.A. Davidson, master of ceremony; David Hutton, senior warden...
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UofA head football Coach Petrino wows record crowd in Manila
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
University of Arkansas Head Football Coach Bobby Petrino may be the most popular man in the state of Arkansas these days. He certainly was Monday night in Manila, where an overflow crowd of over 500 Mississippi County Razorback Club members called the Hogs at the Airport Center...
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BLI in Little Rock
(Business ~ 03/08/11)
Sen. David Burnett joined members of the Blytheville Leadership Institute during their recent trip to the State Capitol at Little Rock. Burnett spoke to the group about the legislative process and showed them the Senate chamber. BLI is a program of the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce...
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Chicks top Osceola for first win
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
The Blytheville Chickasaws picked up their first win of the season on Monday, defeating host Osceola, 5-1.
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Cooter cheerleaders win national championship
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
For the second consecutive year, the Cooter High School Wildcats cheerleading squad competed in the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Open Nationals, held Saturday at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky.
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Blytheville Police reports -- 3-8-11
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.
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Have you seen the results of the lastest poll?
(Column ~ 03/08/11)
One of the coolest features of the new Courier News website is the polling function. We've set it up so that we have a "Poll of the Week," that runs throughout the week, with the results being reported in Sunday's print edition
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