Stories from Saturday, February 1, 2014

I am past worn out preaching to the choir. Getting old I suppose, or maybe just plain burned out.

Mrs. Margaret Griffis, 89, of Blytheville, died Friday at Gosnell Health Care. Funeral arrangements will be announced by McDonald-Horne Funeral Home.

Mr. Gerald Lambert, 89 of Ceres, Cal. passed from this life on Jan. 22, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Madesto, Cal. He was born in Blytheville to Dora and Glenn Lambert on Nov. 5, 1924. Gerald attended school in Blytheville and had been a resident of California since 1950. Gerald was a retired meat market butcher and member of the Butcher's Union. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Noble Lambert and his wife Laverne Cupples Lambert...

A local group is hoping the "God's Not Dead" movie will make its way to the Blytheville Cinema 3. The group is trying to collect 500 signatures to show that there is an interest in the movie, locally. There is a signup sheet at Christian World Bookstore on Main Street...

With over 1 billion accounts on Facebook and 1 billion on Twitter, if you don't have an account on a social media site, chances are someone you know does. The world of social media is impacting nearly every segment of society and the world of athletics and coaching is not exempt...

The Blytheville chapter of the Ministerial Alliance has teamed up with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Increase the Peace project to offer local students an outside perspective on peace, equality and a wide spectrum of Civil Rights issues stemming from the Biblical principles King stood for...

Friday, Arkansas Municipal League attorney Mike Mosley said, on behalf of the city of Blytheville, he plans to file a countersuit against Mississippi County "within the next couple of weeks" over the jail fees issue. Mosley noted, by law, the city has up to 30 days to respond, and it will address specific items in the suit...

HIGHLAND--The Gosnell Pirates suffered a huge road loss Friday night. With the game tied at 48-48 at the end of regulation, Highland split a pair of free throws to escape with a 49-48 win. The loss drops the Pirates to 9-11 on the year and 4-7 in the 3-4A with two conference games left to play...

For the Blytheville Chickasaws, Friday night's contest against first place Forrest City was going to be a huge measuring stick for how far Jeff Flanigan's team had come. After dropping their first 16 games of the season, the Chicks won three of their next four games, including a huge road win at rival Greene County Tech last Tuesday. Are the Chicks for real or were they just beating up on bad opponents?...

Every year, the Super Bowl has a number of secondary stories besides who will win the game. Super Bowl XLVIII (48) is no exception. Two particular underlying stories have dominated the news shows these past two weeks and they don't even involve Richard Sherman's mouth...