Stories from Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Bradley May, Jr., a sophomore at Buffalo Island Central, recently participated in the 2013 Mid-South Honor Band at Arkansas State University. Area high school band directors were asked to nominate one band member to participate. Dr. Page, band director at BIC, nominated Bradley...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Nov. 5, 2009. As you may or may not remember, that was the day that Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 and wounded 31 at Fort Hood, Texas. During this attack, he yelled the same words that terrorists all over the world have during their attacks and deliberately went about targeting military personnel...

Of all the images and video that has been seen since last week's deadly terror strike at the Boston Marathon, there is one bit of footage that has stuck with me the most.

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Mississippi County Quorum Court, Justice Michael White reported that the county's finances were "right on track," in the way of both revenues and expenditures.

The Arts Council of Mississippi County will be starting its 2013 season of classic movies Saturday at the historic Ritz Civic Center in downtown Blytheville.

The Blytheville Fire Department responded to a house fire on South Eighth Street at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon.

Organizers at the Blytheville School District on Thursday will sponsor their fourth annual "All That Jazz" fine arts celebration, and they're going to do things just a little differently this year.

Mrs. Jane Selby, 87, of Leachville, widow of Floyd "Pete" Selby Jr., died Monday, April 22, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mr. William Douglas Rodgers was born Dec. 26, 1953, in Chicago to Louise Hall-White and Bishop T.J. Rogers.

Mrs. Barbara Annette McKinney, 59, of Blytheville, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Blytheville.

Jane Selby, 87 of Leachville, widow of Floyd "Pete" Selby, Jr., died Monday April 22, 2013 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born April 6, 1926, at Conway, Ark., she was the daughter of the late James Silas and Suda Marie Chamberlain Holt, was a 1944 graduate of Conway High School, and later graduated from the former Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway. ...

Mrs. Mable Maxine Kisner, 73, of Leachville, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Several city of Blytheville employees have received raises within the last several months, ranging from an $11,000 a year bump to $1 an hour increase, according to city records.

GOSNELL--The Gosnell Pirates won their final home game of the season in a 10-0 shutout over South Pemiscot, Mo. Tuesday afternoon. It was a final tune up before beginning the 3-4A district tournament Thursday afternoon at Jonesboro Westside. Gosnell got a combined shutout from Tayler Jolly, Blake Sullivan and Michael Miller. ...

Greene County Tech swept through Blytheville with the strong winds and left sweeping both softball and baseball doubleheaders without yielding a run to either squad. Softball came up a run short in the first game losing just 1-0 before succumbing to 13-0 defeat in the second game of the two-game set. Meanwhile, in baseball, the Chicks lost 10-0 and 13-0 to one of the top teams in the 5A classification...