Stories from Tuesday, December 16, 2014

There aren't many instances when I welcome being wrong (just ask my wife). But I'd gladly say I was mistaken if gas prices do indeed dip below $2 a gallon.

LADY MUSTANGS DOUBLE UP EPC 70-35 Buffalo Island Central remained unbeaten in league play, posting a pair of 2A-3 conference victories in senior boys basketball action last week...

Valley View used its superior height advantage to fend off a determined Manila team en route to the 2014 Gerald Jennings Tournament championship, defeating the host Lions 75-58 Saturday night at the Lions' Den...

Riverside's Lady Rebels slipped past Earle 49-44 Monday night on the road before being tripped up 47-43 at the hands of Marked Tree Thursday night at Lake City in a pair of 2A-3 conference clashes...

RIVERSIDE NOTCHES KEY CONFERENCE WINS OVER EARLE AND MARKED TREE Staff Manila pulled away from Riverside in the second half of Thursday night's Gerald Jennings semifinal matchup to post a 62-47 victory, advancing the Lions to Saturday night's title game against Valley View...

Buffalo Island Central School board recognized several students at the Dec. 9 meeting for outstanding accomplishments. Students were recognized recently at the Journal Education Association Conference held in Washington, D.C. ...

Gary Gilley, 66, died Friday, Dec. 12, at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. His passing followed the death of his friend, Glenn Eaton, 49, who died Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the trauma center. Both men died from injuries sustained in a home explosion that occurred Saturday, Nov. 29...

Family members of Slade Gilley attended the Riverside fifth grade DARE graduation Wednesday, Dec. 10, and accepted a certificate and DARE Bear in memory of Slade...

The Osborn family, Henrietta Wallace Osborn and her sons, Jon and Jason Osborn, recently accepted an award from the Arkansas Agriculture Department naming the Osborn Farm A Century Farm. It was one of 54 Arkansas Century Farms, including 11 in Northeast Arkansas. The Black Oak farmland has been in the Osborn family since 1891...

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders presented outgoing City Councilwoman Missy Langston with a plaque as a token of gratitude for her service, at the end the Ward 2 representative's final Council meeting Tuesday night. Langston chose not to run for a second term, and Councilman-elect L.C. Hartsfield will take over the position on Jan. 1...