Stories from Thursday, May 1, 2014

Cal Ripken baseball and ASA softball returned to action at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex after two nights of rainouts. Here's a wrap up of the action. CAL RIPKEN MINOR LEAGUE Rotary 14, Robinson Bros. 13 (extra innings) Trailing 11-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Rotary scored three in the fourth, five in the fifth, tied the game with three in the bottom of the sixth and won it with a run in the bottom of the eighth for a 14-13 win over Robinson Brothers Farm...

If you're looking for some good baseball this weekend, you're in the right location. The 3-4A conference tournament begins Thursday at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex while the 1A-3 East baseball and softball district tournaments begin Friday at Armorel...

Mrs. Mattie Bell Robinson, 31, of Jonesboro, died April 24 in Jonesboro.

McKinley Marlie Snead Jr. of Blytheville died April 24, 2014, in Blytheville. He was a retired construction worker.

Capt. Bill Walker (Ret.), 83, of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Heritage Square Nursing Center in Blytheville.

Mr. Joseph Oscar Burnette, 93, of North Little Rock, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Friday, April 25, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock.

Ms. Marico Angela "Tweety" Brooks, 36, Blytheville, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at her home.

The 2014 Small Works on Paper visual art exhibition will be on display throughout May at The Ritz Civic Center.

Registration is ongoing for the Arms of Hope 5K, set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex.

The barge which sank to the river bottom at Kinder Morgan's coil dock in April has been raised and sent downriver with a salvage company.

As of Tuesday evening, voters will still have to have a valid form of photo ID to cast their ballot during the May primary, for which early voting will begin next week.

Often when we hear of a family going hungry, it involves the impoverished in some third world country.

Mr. Aaron Eugene "Gene" Pate, 81, of Blytheville, passed from this life Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.