Stories from Thursday, April 3, 2014

GOSNELL--The Gosnell Pirates won their sixth game in a row Wednesday night, 9-1, over the visiting Westside Warriors. "We were hitting on all cylinders yesterday," said Gosnell head coach Bret Jackson. "We're really starting to come around as a team. We're not walking anyone, we're hitting the baseball and we're not making mistakes. If we can continue to do that, we can play with anybody."...

Former Northeast Arkansas First Tee director C.W. Cummings has found a new junior golf venture. The Blytheville man is now working with the Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Department on an activity he believes is the first of its kind: Target Golf, a sport he created...

Bishop George E. Wilson, of Blytheville, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at his residence.

Mr. Paul Preston Price, 60, of Blytheville, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, at his home in Blytheville.

Mr. James McLaurin, 47, Osceola, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home.

Mrs. June Gosnell Blackard, 88, of Blytheville, passed from this life Monday, March 31, 2014, at her son's home in Milan, Tenn.

Six bucks a month doesn't sound like much, but it sure can add up over time. As it turns out, I've overpaid hundreds by not looking closely enough at my satellite bill for the past several years.

Three Osceola residents have been indicted in an apparent income tax refund scheme.

Last week KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School announced the opening of KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School in mid-July, the school's first group of high school students in Blytheville.

The group of Blytheville parents suing the Blytheville School District is moving forward with its lawsuit after the Blytheville School Board voted unanimously on Monday to again opt out of the Public School Choice Act for the 2014-15 school year.

Auditions for "Dearly Departed," the newest production of the Act 2! community theater group, will be held this weekend at the Ritz Civic Center in Blytheville.