Stories from Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Man has always been fascinated with knives and the Buffalo Island Museum has a collection of antique knives. There is a Gurkha knife with flowers embossed on the handle, a Bowie knife, knuckle knife, Pakistan throwing knife, an unusual dagger with a bird's head handle, a knife with a jeweled handle, and others. ...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Paul Harold Benham, 75 of Black Oak, passed away Monday evening, Jan. 13, 2014. He was born Feb. 5, 1938, in Jonesboro to the late Joseph and Maggie Benham. He was a farmer. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Audrey Benham; his children, Marion Paul Benham of Black Oak, Brenda Rickenbacker (Jon) of Muldrow, Okla., Guy Benham of Black Oak, Ellis Benham (Cassandra) of Jonesboro, Bill Benham, Jody Benham (Pam), Linda Herrera (John Nail), all of Monette, Helen Reed (Mark) of Black Oak, Harold Benham (Trisha) of Monette and Stacy Benham (Maxine) of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; a sister, Mary Lou Decker (Vaughn) of Cabot; a brother, Billy Wayne Benham (Peggy)of Manila; 36 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.. ...

Mr. Michael Lee Wilson, 66, of Joiner, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

ARMOREL-- Despite Lane Finley's 38-point performance, the Armorel Tigers are still looking for their first conference win of the year after a 79-75 loss to the Crowley's Ridge Academy Falcons Tuesday night. Armorel led throughout the game but could not hold on in the end. The Tigers (10-11, 0-4 1A-3 East) led 20-13 after the first period, 41-30 at halftime and 61-57 heading into the fourth...

GOSNELL -- Gosnell's Will Rose opened the second half scoring with a three-pointer that stretched the Pirates' lead to 10 points over one of the top teams in the 3-4A conference, Pocahontas, Tuesday night. After that bucket, however, the Pirates struggled to get the ball in the basket, and the Redskins took advantage, hanging around with some big three-pointers and 17of 18 shooting at the line, before stealing a 56-51 league victory...

The Blytheville Chickasaws lost their second 5A-East conference game of the year thanks to a 38-27 defeat to the Paragould Rams Tuesday night at Chickasaw Gym. Blytheville (0-16, 0-2 5A-East) remains winless on the season and has a current losing streak of 27 games dating back to last season. The Chickasaws' last win came against Batesville on Jan. 11, 2013. Their last home win came against Osceola on Nov. 29, 2012...

Mrs. Crystal LeAnne Dunlap, 33, of Keiser, entered into rest Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. She

I have a new pet peeve. It's something that's been growing for several years, but only recently have I been able to identify it as a persistent irritant.

Dan Ritchey of Blytheville is formally announcing that he is a candidate for circuit judge in the May non-partisan election.

The New Year, 2014, is bringing changes to the GED program. Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) Adult Education instructors met last week to discuss and plan for the coming year.

The Blytheville Planning Commission moved Tuesday night to bring a motion before the City Council to rename Marguerite Street to Henton Drive, after longtime educators Gene Henton.

Judge Shannon Langston issued a $1 million cash bond for 29-year-old Freddie Sharp III Wednesday, who has been accused of rape in the Jessica Williams case.