Stories from Saturday, February 21, 2015

With Thursday night's loss to the Nettleton Raiders, the Blytheville Chickasaws' postseason hopes are about as slim as Kevin Durant. At 5-6 in the 5A-East, they trail the Raiders (7-4) by two games but Nettleton owns the tiebreaker because of their two wins over the Chickasaws. ...

Blytheville's Delta Gateway Museum will be hosting its third annual Heritage Party fundraiser next weekend. Following in the tradition of a decades theme, this year's event will be all about the 1960s.

The Blytheville Courier News announces the recent addition two new staff members, print shop manager Adam Malin, and advertising sales representative Tamaki Davis.

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet, and Executive Director Liz Smith said this year's event will offer a special treat for some local business owners.

Blytheville natives Jason and April Lloyd have recently completed the life-changing step of moving their family to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to be united with their adopted son, Samuel.

The Blytheville Chickasaws were officially eliminated from postseason play Saturday night after a 91-81 loss to the Forrest City Mustangs at Chickasaw Gym. In what had the feel of a matinee, the Chicks and Mustangs laced them up early Saturday evening after Friday night's postponement because of another round of wintry weather that stormed through northeast Arkansas...

The following are recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department: -- Officers responded to a breaking and entering to a vehicle in the 1100 block of West Walnut. The victim started her vehicle before work and went back inside. After a few minutes, she noticed the inside lights on, along with the running lights and the doors were still locked with the vehicle running. The victim did not know if any items were taken because she did not have a second set of keys to get into the vehicle...