Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2014

I, The Great Fitzini, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, Sage of Sages and Sports Prophet Extraordinaire, am back for another week of predicting prep football games and defending my NEA Fantasy League title. Blytheville and Gosnell are both 2-0 for the first time since 2008 and I'm predicting they will both be 3-0 after this weekend. I'm moving on up the NEA Fantasy board after my 30-point shellacking of Caught Red Hernandez. Team "He Hate Me" is up next...

The Arts Council of Mississippi County will present the U.S. Army Field Band "Jazz Ambassadors" in concert at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct, 20. This unique outdoor concert event is set to be held at the Mississippi County Fairgrounds at Walker Park in Blytheville.

A weeklong national celebration is kicking off today, and most Americans probably aren't even aware of it -- but they should be.

Rivercrest's Demoine Brown runs for positive yardage Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 against Gosnell at the Cotton Patch in Wilson. The Colts went 15-0 that season, claiming Class 3A state championship. Brown averaged 140.7 yards per game -- 82.7 on the ground. ...

The Blytheville Junior Chicks were scheduled to play at Hughes tonight, but the game has been canceled.

Road work began on Moultrie Drive Thursday, despite some wet weather. Some sections of the street have been reduced to one lane and drivers are asked to use caution. Delta Asphalt is overlaying a 1.2-mile section of Moultrie from Ruddle Road to 10th Street...