Stories from Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Those of a certain age remember when they only had two pair of shoes - one pair for everyday wear and one pair for Sunday. When the sole became worn, you had them repaired. I'm sure that every town had a shoe repair shop and Monette was no exception. ...

ARMOREL--The Armorel Tigers improved to 12-8 on the season after a 4-1 win over Caruthersville, Mo. Tuesday night. Nash Winters went the distance allowing just one run on four hits while striking out four over seven complete innings of work for the Tigers...

POCAHONTAS--Gosnell's Will Camp tossed a five-hit shutout as the Pirates defeated the Pocahontas Redskins, 6-0, to wrap up the 3-4A conference regular season Tuesday night. Camp struck out six over seven innings of work. He has yet to walk a batter all season. Camp also extended a season long hitting streak to 23 games by picking up singles in the third and sixth innings...

Holiday Inn scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull away from Rotary, 18-9, Tuesday night in Cal Ripken Major League action at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. Hays Austin tossed two innings and struck out two in recording the win. Leading Holiday Inn at the plate were Ross Russell (2-2, triple, three runs, 2 RBIs) and Garrett Gentry (2-3, two doubles, three runs, 2 RBIs)...

The Blytheville Chickasaws led Forrest City, 4-2, heading into the top of the seventh and were three outs away from their first 5A-East win since 2010. However, the Mustangs had other plans and plated three runs in the seventh and held on for a 5-4 win in game one of a 5A-East doubleheader Tuesday night at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex...

Mrs. Martha Marie Spence, 63, of Keiser, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mrs. Jackie Marie Overton, 67, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, April 20, 2014, at her home in Blytheville.

Mr. Howard Wayne Champion, 73, of Osceola died Monday, April 21, 2014, in Searcy.

Bluegrass great Jim Hurst will be live in concert for one show only at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ritz in Blytheville.

The Blytheville School District kicked off its Step Up Nights Tuesday with the Blytheville Kindergarten and Primary School.

When Mississippi County's Quorum Court met Tuesday night in Osceola, justices voted to close two county roads, ostensibly to make way for the Big River Steel construction project.

If I had a vote on the Blytheville City Council, I'd go ahead and vote in favor of renaming Ash Street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., if the proposal ever actually came up for a vote.

"All That Jazz," a celebration of the students in the Blytheville School District's fine arts programs, will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Delta Gateway Museum on Main Street.