Stories from Thursday, February 12, 2015

Blytheville's Doug Echols tries to drive against Manila Friday, Dec. 26, 2003 in the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament at the Arkansas State University Convocation Center. A 2004 graduate of Blytheville High School, Echols now serves as the Workforce Orientation & Retraining Keys (WORK) Coordinator for Arkansas Northeastern College...

Arms of Hope pregnancy care center is partnering with the Osceola girl's basketball team for a fundraising effort, and the team is offering a challenge to every girls basketball team in Mississippi County to join them. Arms of Hope is a non-profit organization located here in Mississippi County, focusing on the positive aspect of assisting young people who have to make the life-altering decision of what to do when an unplanned pregnancy comes along. ...

The murder case against Christopher Sowell has been nolle prossed. The case has been withdrawn with the opportunity to prosecute within a year.

The man wanted in connection with the murder of Justin Harrison has surrendered himself to police.

Mrs. Minnie Bell Still, 82, of Manila, widow of Elton Still, passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Sept. 7, 1932, in Marianna, she was the daughter of the late Tib and Hazel Mitchell Stevens and had been a lifelong Manila area resident. ...