Stories from Wednesday, February 25, 2015

PARAGOULD -- After scoring 81 points last Saturday in a 91-81 loss to Forrest City, the Blytheville Chickasaws needed just over half of that to defeat rival Greene County Tech Tuesday night. The Chicks went on the road to defeat the Golden Eagles, 41-38...

My name is Tom Perrine. I live at South Pointe Community at the air base with my wife and daughter. I am 71 years old. There is a closet built on to our carport in which we are to keep our garbage can. It is removed, emptied and replaced by Public Works weekly. I keep my can, broom and dust pan in this closet...

Rj and Amber Larocque of Gosnell announce the arrival of Sofie Marie Larocque, born on Feb. 2, 2015, in Blytheville.

The Highway 150 overpass over Interstate 55 will be closed for repairs, beginning Monday.

Carnetta "Shell" Heard, 47, of Blytheville, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2015, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

A lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the Big River Steel Mill near Osceola has been dismissed.

Mrs. Ardis Mae Van Buren Ray, 89, of Blytheville, passed from this life on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at the Heritage Square Nursing Home in Blytheville.

Opal McCowan, 87, of Rivervale, Ark., passed from this life on Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015, in Jonesboro. She was born on Oct. 2, 1927, in Stonewall, Ark., to Charles and Ida Mannon Nelson. Mrs. ...

Arkansas Northeastern College hosted a two-day symposium promoting civic and community engagement on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Area residents now have a new hope when it comes to saving water-damaged phones, thanks to the new Redux moisture drying system available at from TCC, Verizon.