Stories from Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A Blytheville man was shot in both legs around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of West Ash.

Bill Courtney will be speaking at First Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 20. Courtney, a motivational speaker and entrepreneur, is the former head coach of the Manassas High School Tigers in North Memphis. His story was the subject of the 2011 Academy Award winning documentary "Undefeated" which chronicled his 2009 football season...

Gosnell Lady Pirate Brista Hinklin signed a Letter of Intent to attend Crowley's Ridge College next fall on a softball scholarship. Hinklin, the Lady Pirates starting catcher, said this is a dream come true. "I've been playing for 14 years," said Hinklin. "I've always thought about playing college ball and then the Olympics. Softball's out of the Olympics right now. Maybe they'll get it back in time and that'll be my next dream."...

GOSNELL -- The Gosnell Lady Pirates split a 3-4A conference double-header against Cave City Tuesday. The Lady Pirates won game one, 8-2, but fell in the nightcap, 9-8. Gosnell 8, Cave City 2 With the help of a five-run fourth inning, the Gosnell Lady Pirates defeated Cave City, 8-2, in game one of Tuesday's double-header...

WILSON -- The Armorel Tigers traveled to Rivercrest Tuesday and defeated the Colts, 4-1. Zack Gray allowed just one earned run and six hits while fanning four over six and two thirds innings to pick up the win. Armorel scored a run in the first, two in the second and one more in the fourth on its way to the win. Rivercrest scored its lone run in its last at bat in the bottom of the seventh...

JONESBORO -- The Blytheville Chickasaws are still looking for their first win of the season after being shutout in two 5A-East games at Nettleton Tuesday night. The Chicks lost game one, 10-0 and game two, 14-0. Nettleton 10, Blytheville 0 Nettleton broke open a scoreless tie with five runs in the bottom of the third on its way to a 10-0 over Blytheville in six innings...

CAVE CITY -- The Gosnell Pirates pounded their way to two 3-4A conference victories Tuesday night, defeating the Cave City Cavemen by a combined score of 23-1. The Pirates blanked the Cavemen, 14-0, in game one and then 9-1 in game two. Gosnell 14, Cave City 0...

Mark your calendar now. The Blytheville School District PTO's will be hosting a Family Night of basketball slams and jams featuring the Harlem Wizards on Tuesday, April 21 at Chickasaw Gym beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are still available. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.They will be playing against our very own "Team Chicks" made up of BPS faculty and members of our community...

Abernathy Motors, owned and operated by Wesley Abernathy, celebrated its grand reopening in a new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday with members of the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce. The company is located at 4411 E. Main St. in Blytheville...

Questions continue to be raised regarding spending for equipment repairs at the Mississippi County landfill, as Quorum Court justices noticed invoices for an additional $42,900 repair job on a Terex compactor which has been worked on before.

The search continues for the body of the man who is presumed to have drowned in the Mississippi just south of Osceola early Tuesday morning, but officials say details on the case are still unclear and may not match up to earlier witness statements.