Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Mississippi County Republican Committee met Jan. 22 at the Bush Thornton Building to elect officers for 2015-2017. Pictured are (back, from left) Miller Wilson, Republican election commissioner; Sharron Shaffer, secretary; Tom Wiktorek, election commissioner; Rick Ash, JP District 8; (front, from left) Justin Cissell, state committeeman; Kylie Crosskno, district member; Dorothy Crockett, chairwoman; and Connie Ash, first vice chair. ...

Next week I turn 29, which just seems weird to me. It's not like I think of myself as being old; in fact I realize that's not old by any means.

Robert Wilford Jr., 57, of Blytheville, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 in Jacksonville, Arkansas.

The Armorel Tigers took three out of four games on the road against the host Ridgefield Christian Academy Warriors Tuesday night in 1A-3 East action. Here's a roundup of Tuesday night's games. Armorel 62, RCA 57 The Armorel Tigers defeated RCA, 62-57, Tuesday night...

GOSNELL-- The Gosnell Pirates snapped a two-game losing streak Tuesday night in a 53-38 win over the visiting Harrisburg Hornets at the Gosnell Physical Education Center. Playing a very deliberate offense and often stalling for nearly two minutes before taking a shot at the basket, the Hornets managed to keep the game within single digits most of the night...

The Gosnell Pirate family will send two more of their own to Williams Baptist College next fall as both Justin Mann and Michael Miller signed letters of intent to attend the school on baseball scholarships. The two will join fellow Pirate, Will Camp, who already announced his intentions to attend Williams last fall...

The awards and honors keep on coming for Blytheville's DeMadre Clark. The 2014 All-CN Player of the Year for football inked a letter of intent to attend Henderson State next fall on a football scholarship. The scholarship caps a stellar career for the three-year starter who put all of his many athletic tools together in 2014 to help the Chicks get back to the state playoffs...

Mrs. Jo Ann Harris Carmichael, 38, of Luxora, passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Memphis.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Bret Bielema could feel the momentum in recruiting begin to build about the same time he finally won his first Southeastern Conference game. The Arkansas coach reaped the rewards of several late-season wins when he announced a class of 24 players on national signing day Wednesday, a group that came largely from inside the state and is made up of nine linemen...

Mr. Robert C. Kuykendall, 86, of Blytheville, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mr. Terry Burton, 51, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis.

Atlas Tube of Blytheville is laying off 35 of its employees this week, joining Tenaris and other area companies affected by the recent steep drops in oil prices.