Stories from Thursday, July 31, 2014

For the first time this election cycle, Blytheville's three candidates for mayor appeared at the same forum last weekend.

Four KIPP Blytheville students attended the Exxon Mobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp this month in an effort to keep their minds active and ready for the start of school in August.

Board members and administrators for the Mississippi County Hospital System are working on putting together a plan for the implementation and spending of its new half-cent sales tax, should it be approved by voter during the Oct. 14 special election.

In this Nov. 1, 2007 file photo, Blytheville players (from left) Raphael Harris, Brian Bennett, manager Demius Thompson, Ojay Cullins, Remius Thompson and Kris Lakes celebrate a 55-7 victory over North Pulaski that gave the Chicks an undefeated regular season. ...

Mrs. Carolyn Deichman, 66, of Blytheville, departed this life, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at her residence.

Edna Burrows, 61, of Osceola, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center.

Dennis Michael "Scooter" Kibler Jr., 41, of the Burdette community, passed from this life on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.