Stories from Thursday, April 28, 2011

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

District tournaments begin this weekend for area baseball teams with the 1A-3 East Armorel Tigers hosting their district tournament. The Tigers will play at 5:30 p.m. on Friday against the winner of Weiner vs. Ridgefield Christian at 3:30 p.m. Bay will take on Crowley's Ridge Academy at 7:30 following Armorel's game. If CRA win's their semifinal game, the championship game will be played at noon on Saturday. If Bay wins, the game will be played at 2 p.m...

Bobbie Jean Cross Wilford, 54, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Nancy C. Spencer, 93, of Blytheville, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at her home.

Mr. Willie Lee Simmons, 67, of Albany, Ga., died Friday, April 22, 2011.

Mrs. Leona Lynn Rogers, 89, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Heritage Nursing Center in Blytheville

Mr. Kenneth Darrell Overman, 80, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at his home in Blytheville.

Miss Pearl Jones, 65, of Memphis, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.

Bethyl Brown, 84, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, April 27, at her home.

Parker gave me one of those Proud Dad moments the other day. He didn't blast a pitch over the fence, drive in the winning run or get some big award. My 6-year-old did something much greater.

As heavy rains pounded the region and floodwaters continued to rise Wednesday, another powerful force seemed to grip the residents of Mississippi and New Madrid counties: fear.

Dunklin County, Mo., Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff, has filed more charges against an Arkansas man in connection to a murder at Blytheville. The charges were officially filed Wednesday.

In the days leading up to Mayfest, the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring Community Pride Week, a week in which Blytheville's citizens are encourage to set aside time each day for special activities.

U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor braved the heavy rains and winds Wednesday to appear at a town hall meeting at Osceola City Hall. Pryor came into the building soaking wet after touring the Plum Point Power Plant, a coal-powered energy plant located near Osceola.

Arkansas Cleaning and Televising of Little Rock has cleaned and photographed about 50 percent of the city of Blytheville's sewer, Wastewater Superintendent Kenneth Ellis said Thursday.

The Rev. Elize Phillips, 82, of Columbia, S.C., died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Providence NE Hospital in Columbia.