Stories from Saturday, December 10, 2011

What a night -- what a special night! If you missed the dinner/auction, you missed a great party! We had at last count 155 attendees. We had just the right amount of food and everyone left full and happy.

Blytheville head coach David Hixson isn't as concerned about statistical categories this early in the season as he is about the level of fight his Chicks show.

Nickalous Heath Ramirez Jr., newborn, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Memphis.

Mrs. Karen Boren Koonce, 64, of Blytheville, departed this life on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis.

Thanksgiving has passed, and despite the fact that you were so frugal in filling up your dinner plate at the table that evening, you are feeling the pain of pants that are just to tight.

Arkansas Welcome Center manager Diane James retired this week after 17 years on the job.

Mrs. Arlie Frances Lucas, 94, of Jonesboro, formerly of Leachville and St. Louis, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the Craighead County Nursing Center in Jonesboro.