Stories from Tuesday, December 9, 2014

I was scrolling through Facebook on Sunday and paused at the following post from Wally Jarratt.

Lola Joyce Robins Lake City Lola Joyce Robins, 71, of Lake City, widow of Jerry Mac Robins, passed from this life Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born and raised in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late L.A. ...

David Harold Cohn, 66, of Lake City passed away Nov. 24, 2014, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born June 6, 1948, in Monette, he was the son of the late James and Geneva Thomas Cohn and been a long time area resident. Mr. Cohn enjoyed watching television and spending time with his family and friends...

Buffalo Island Central found the going tough in last week's Barry Pruitt Hurricane Classic, dropping three games including a pair of heartbreak losses...

Buffalo Island Central's Lady Mustangs claimed their fifth consecutive White County Central Basketball Tournament Championship with a 61-28 thumping of Southside Bee Branch Saturday night in Judsonia...

Hughes broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter to close out a 77-63 victory over Manila Monday night in the Lions Den. Myles Lee led the Blue Devils with 17 points while Marlon Warren added 15 more. Hughes led 28-24 at the half and took a 47-43 lead into the fourth quarter before outscoring Manila 20-10 in the final frame...

Colton Watson poured in a game high 25 points to lead four Yellowjackets in double figures in Bay's 80-64 victory over Riverside in the semifinals of the Williams Baptist College Tournament Wednesday night at Walnut Ridge...

Valley View survived a last second three point attempt by Riverside to hold on for a heart stopping 39-37 victory to claim the junior girls championship in the annual Gerald Jennings Invitational Basketball Tournament Saturday night at Gosnell...

Playing two strong 5A teams on consecutive nights proved too much for Riverside, as the Lady Rebels came up short in their bid to capture the Gerald Jennings Invitational Tournament title Saturday night at Gosnell...

Clay F. Turner of Leachville can add "published author" to his list of accomplishments. Clay is a 2013 high school graduate of Buffalo Island Central High School and is a second year student at Arkansas State University majoring in political science. He is the son of Frankie and Lisa Turner of Leachville...

Keith Chun, project manager with Tate Construction, addressed the Riverside School Board Monday, Dec. 1. He informed the board they are very close to having information to present on upcoming building project...

Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan presented the proposed 2015 budget for the council review at a special called meeting held Nov. 24. Following a discussion and review of the proposed budget the budget was accepted...

A patriotic theme was used for the 2014 Manila Christmas parade, followed by the third annual Christmas Show. Prior to the start of the Christmas Show, a special presentation was made to Manila veteran Jerry McCain offering a continuation of the patriotic theme...

The Gosnell City Council met briefly Tuesday night for its regular December meeting.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that health-care workers in Benton County, Craighead County and Mississippi County have been arrested following three separate investigations by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.