Stories from Friday, July 25, 2014

The Sports Hall Classic softball tournament will be held Saturday at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. Eight teams are competing in two separate age divisions. There will be a four-team 14-and-under and 16-and-under bracket. Blytheville 14-year-olds open the tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday...

Mississippi County Section 8 participants won't have to worry about leaving the county to handle their accounts for the time being, after the Mississippi County Public Facilities Board knocked down a motion to transfer the Section 8 program to Paragould.

Members of the Mississippi County 4-H Science Discovery Project Group recently learned to identify the type of animal from X-rays during a visit to the Cato Animal Clinic in Blytheville.

EOC Emergency Services Coordinator Sarah Phelps held an Assurance 16 workshop Wednesday at the Blytheville EOC Center. The guest speaker was Sandra Williams and the topic was "Keeping Cool Without an Air Conditioner."

Steve Jones (left), a former state representative and now senior vice president and director of programs for Southern Bancorp Community Development, recently visited with members of the Blytheville Kiwanis Club about the latest developments in community development, some of which includes Mississippi County. The Rev. Emmanuel Lofton (right) sponsored Jones' program. Jones lives in Marion...

Haley Green and P.J. Rameriz of Blytheville announce the birth of Kadence Lynn Rameriz, born on July 16, 2014, at Regional One in Memphis. She weighed 4 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 17 1/2 inches long. She joins one sibling, Brysten Jace Green, who is 2...

Delmar Lee Sharp, 81 of Searcy, formerly of Memphis, died Friday, July 18, 2014, in Little Rock.

Elwood Moerbe, 81, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.

The Rev. R.J. Hill of Osceola died Friday, July 25, 2014, at his home in Osceola.

Once again, local residents will have an opportunity to save some cash when purchasing those back-to-school items.

Blytheville Parks and Recreation Director Elroy Brown is at a loss after someone vandalized the city's soccer fields at the Youth Sportsplex by driving their vehicle through the fields after Wednesday's night's rain.