Stories from Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mr. Joseph A. Saliba Jr., 84, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Los Angeles, passed from this life Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.

New research from the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri shows that communities like Blytheville continue to demonstrate heavy reliance on newspapers like the Courier News for news and information.

Blytheville native Johnny Tolley will be at The Ritz Civic Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 to host a fundraising event on behalf of The Arts Council of Mississippi County.

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Sometimes it takes more than four periods to settle a score. Tuesday night, it took Blytheville and New Madrid, Mo. an extra four minutes to decide the winner as the Eagles defeated the Chicks, 58-56, in overtime. With :07.1 seconds on the overtime clock and Blytheville (8-6) down two, Ke'Andre Diamond (15 points, seven assists and three steals) took an inbounds pass after a Gabe Smith free throw, dribbled the length of the court and came up just short on a lay up attempt. ...

Members of the Mississippi County Election Commission met Tuesday afternoon to settle details for two upcoming elections in the county.

One goal for the Health and Sanitation Committee this year is putting a designated recycling truck on the streets.

An Osceola man is behind bars following a Friday stabbing at a local grocery store.

It is true that Christian faith does not hang on Dec. 24th, 25th for the birth of Christ; however, it would be nice that if someone is going to write and discredit Christmas traditions, that they would offer some type of evidence to support their assertions...