Stories from Friday, November 22, 2013

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mr. Carroll Waddell, 90, of Manila, passed from this life Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Hi, my name is Carolyn (Webb) Szela. I am formally from Blytheville, I went to school there and got married the year I graduated, and moved to Pennsylvania. We had a movie at our church called "My Christmas Soldier." It was basted on a true story about German prisoners working the fields for the farmers, in the Southern part of the U.S. There were so few men at home to work the fields because they were fighting the war...

On behalf of the Blytheville High School football team, the coaching staff would like to thank several of the people and organizations that took time out of their busy schedules to prepare pre-game meals for the football players before our home games this season...

The weather forecast was pretty nasty for last Sunday, 80 percent chance of rain, and when I finally pried myself out of the bathtub and away from my latest Frederick Forsythe novel around 11 a.m.

Blytheville Elementary School fourth-grade Pre AP students hosted a student-run health fair for the entire student body Friday.

Ron Self will admit that the most recent honor by "Security Director" magazine is a reflection on his work with the Blytheville School District, but he also knows the district's Technology Department has had a significant role in Self's success.

Tax revenues in Mississippi County showed a slight uptick for the first time since the spring, according to the treasurer's report for October.

The Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee took no action Thursday night on former Blytheville Mayor Barrett Harrison's request that the city reimburse his family's $8,381.30 joint federal tax refund that he claims was applied to the city's $3.2 million IRS debt.

After nine courageous years of battling ovarian cancer, Jekita Ann Davenport Zolman of Arbyrd, Mo., passed away Nov. 21, 2013, at the age of 65. Jekita was born March 20, 1948, in Leachville, Ark., to Martin and LaVerne Pruett Davenport. ...

ARMOREL -- The Armorel Lady Tigers dropped their first 1A-3 East conference game of the year in a 47-44 loss to the Bay Lady Yellowjackets, Thursday night. Trailing by 11 heading into the fourth, the Lady Tigers (1-1 3A-East) tied the game up late before Bay eventually won the game. Both teams shot 23 free throw attempts with Bay making 18 of theirs to Armorel's 10...

HORN LAKE, Miss.--The Blytheville Chickasaws opened the season with a 71-53 loss to Horn Lake, Miss. Thursday night. The Lady Chicks (0-3) also lost to Horn Lake, 78-14. In the boys game, Horn Lake jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first period putting the young Chickasaws on their heels early...