Stories from Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Buffalo Island Central remained unbeaten on the year with a 13-6 victory over Marked Tree in 2A-3 softball action Thursday afternoon on the road. Madison Greathouse banged out three hits, scored three times and drove in a run while picking up the win on the mound as the Lady Mustangs improved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in league play. ...

Manila dropped a pair of 3A-3 conference softball contests last week, losing 10-8 to Piggott in eight innings and 9-3 to Corning. Makalia Beck ripped a two-run double in the top of the seventh inning to help Piggott rally from an 8-6 deficit, sending the game into extra innings. The Lady Mohawks plated two more runs in the eighth to pick up the win...

Riverside scored eight times in the second inning and went on to pound Marmaduke 13-3 in 2A-3 conference baseball action Thursday afternoon at Lake City. The Rebels began the week crushing Cross County 13-0 Tuesday afternoon at Cherry Valley...

Riverside picked up three wins on the softball diamond last week, shutting out Rector 6-0 Monday at Lake City, pounding East Poinsett County 10-2 Tuesday at home, and handling Walnut Ridge 7-4 Wednesday afternoon before dropping an 8-5 decision Thursday at Marmaduke...

T.C.'s Restaurant has opened at 805 Lake Street (the corner of Beauchamp and Lake Streets). Owners Terry and Barbara Carr operated T.C.'s in 2004 and sold the business to Jimmy White when they opened B&B in Monette. Terry and Barbara, along with their son Blake, still own and operate B&B...

Four hair stylists have partnered to open Studio 4 on Baltimore Street (main street) in downdown Manila. In addition to family hair care, the business has a tanning bed and offers spray tans, pedicures and manicures...

Buffalo Island Central School Board approved a proposal to update its phone systems to eliminate long distance calls between the district's two campuses. During its regular meeting Tuesday, March 18, the BIC board heard from technology director, Brandon Jones, who told the board before filling out erate grants this year he would like to see the district switch its phone service. ...

The Caraway City Council voted in its regular meeting Thursday, March 13, to give the city's industrial development team $5,000 to start projects including a website. Mayor Barry Riley told the council that he found a lease agreement between the city and the previous industrial development team to lease the Basler Electric building for the nominal fee of $1 a year for 10 years. ...

Leachville City Councilman David Wallace brought drainage concerns, manhole cover repairs and other issues before the council at its regular meeting Monday, March 17. Wallace first talked about the city's drainage ditches. He said that with all the snow and ice the country has seen this year there is flooding expected this spring...

The Monette Council discussed setting a time limit on rented dumpsters. Mayor Chub Qualls explained those renting a dumpster are only charged the tipping fee per dump to rent the dumpster but some are keeping them several months. ...

Manila Public School spring break, March 24-28, remained on the calendar for the 2013-14 school year. School board members voted unanimously to keep spring break and allow the remainder of the snow days to be made up at the end of the school year...

Manila City Council approved the appointment of a new fire chief, discussed entering a membership program with Hospital Wing for city employees, and set a spring clean-up date at the Monday, March 17, meeting...

Mr. Curtis Lee Sanders, 68, Luxora, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at his residence.

Wes Wagner of Manila has formally filed for re-election for Arkansas State Representative for District 54. The district encompasses part of Mississippi County and part of Poinsett County. It contains portions of Blytheville and Osceola, and all of Gosnell, Dell, Manila, Leachville, Etowah, Dyess, Lepanto, and Trumann, plus the rural areas connecting the towns...

Anyone interested in renting the Manila Swimming Pool for private parties can call City Hall at 561-4437 until April 5 to have their name and telephone number placed for a drawing. The drawing will be held at the Community Center which will open at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 5, and names can be placed in the drawing until 9 a.m...

Mr. William Christopher Hetler,69 of Leachville, passed away Saturda,y March 22, 2014, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

The book "Custer" by Pulitzer-prize winning author Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster, should have been a great read on a very interesting topic, but it wasn't.

Davis and Macie Smith, children of Greg and Lauren Smith of Manila, received perfect scores for the second consecutive year at the State Bible Drill event held at little Rock First Baptist Church on March 8...

Authorities confirmed Monday that the human remains found earlier this month near Wilson were those of 49-year-old Edward Freeman of Wilson, who went missing in December.

The Blytheville Fire Department is reminding citizens that the free smoke detector and weather radio program is under way.

Wes Wagner of Manila has formally filed for re-election for Arkansas state representative for District 54.

KIPP Delta Public Schools will be opening KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School on July 14.

Wagner Medical Clinic relocated to its new facility at 3644 West Highway 18 in February. The new 17,000 square foot facility features a large, comfortable waiting room, 16 examining rooms, state-of-the-art equipment and technology, x-ray and lab facilities, rehabilitation services, a pharmacy and a commitment to the best health care available.. ...

The Blytheville Chickasaws got back on the winning track with a 10-0 win over the Osceola Seminoles Monday afternoon in five innings at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex.

Mrs. Golena Lumpkins McBride, 81, of Osceola, died Friday, March 21, 2014, in Jonesboro.