Stories from Thursday, January 9, 2014

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

ARMOREL--The Armorel Lady Tigers defeated Senath-Hornersville, Mo, 47-36, Tuesday night at Armorel. Tied at 12-12 after one period, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Lions, 12-2 in the second and led 24-14 at the break. Armorel led 31-22 heading into the fourth period...

Tonight's Blytheville junior high contest at Batesville have been postponed because of inclement weather in the Batesville area. The games are tentatively rescheduled for 5 p.m. Friday beginning with the girls junior high followed by the boys. cnsports@couriernews.net...

Inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced yesterday to a little more fanfare than usual. Not because of who was elected but how they were elected. ESPN's Dan Le Batard has gained a lot of attention for his unusual voting method. He gave his ballot to Deadspin.com and had the website's readers vote for whom they would like to see in the Hall of Fame. Some 30,000 people placed their votes essentially in Le Betard's name...

Mr. Sylvester "Jack" Whimper Young, 61, of Blytheville, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Sharp Rankin Vandiver, 98, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, Jan. 7, 2014.

Twitter was abuzz last weekend as another coach with local ties took over the storied Texas Longhorns.

Blytheville artist Gregg Kemp is the Arts Council of Mississippi County's first feature artist of the new year.

A head-on collision between two cars early this morning near Yarbro resulted in injuries for the drivers of both vehicles

The Blytheville Emergency Squad rescued five geese that were stuck in the frozen Walker Park pond Wednesday morning.

2014 will be an important year for local politics, as most city and county offices will be up for re-election.

Carolyn Jeanette Hall, 64, of Manila, died Wednesday at her home. Born March 1, 1949, in Manila to the late Thurman Earl and Wonnie Bell Palmer McMinn, she was a lifelong Manila resident, a 1967 graduate of Manila High School, and later received an Associate's Degree from Arkansas Northeastern College in Blytheville. ...