Stories from Friday, April 17, 2015

A man apparently set himself on fire while riding in a car with his wife around 9 a.m. Wednesday on South Franklin.

Area pageant queens were busy volunteering at community events on April 11. They started the morning helping out at the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, volunteered and entertained for the ESA/St Jude Radio/Cable-thon and ending the day volunteering at the Blytheville Humane Society Beanfest...

Aricka and Jonathan Brazer of Herculaneum, Missouri, announce the arrival of their firstborn, Myles Lucas Brazer.

What can be done about children and teenagers deliberately walking in the middle of the street? It has gotten to a place where if you are driving, you have to risk hitting other cars, ditch, etc. to dodge or go around them. Teenagers walk in the middle of the street and turn around and look at you as if you were in the wrong, especially teenagers who are walking to and from school. A person has to sleep on their horn to get these teenagers to move out of the street...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

William R. "Bill" Harris, 89, of Blytheville passed from this life Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Benny J. "BJ" Thomas, 81, of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, April 15 at the Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro.

William Odell Yarbrough, 73, of Blytheville, died Sunday, April 12, 1942, in Blytheville.

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department.

"All That Jazz," a showcase and celebration of the Blytheville School District's fine arts programs, is returning to the Multi-Purpose Building on the Blytheville Primary School campus at 5 p.m. Monday.

Students at Gosnell High School attended a car wreck simulation Friday afternoon, with live performances by student volunteers and area first responders.

Mississippi County schools received mixed scores in the recently released Arkansas School Grading System prepared by the Arkansas Department of Education.

JONESBORO -- The Armorel Lady Tigers fell to the 5A-East Valley View Lady Blazers, 4-3, Thursday night at Valley View. Trailing, 3-1, in the top of the seventh, the Lady Tigers plated two runs to tie the game in the inning only to see Valley View score the winning run in the home half of the inning...

GOSNELL -- The Gosnell Lady Pirates split a 3-4A conference doubleheader Thursday with the Westside Lady Warriors. Gosnell won the opener, 5-2, but dropped the nightcap, 16-1. Gosnell 5, Westside 2 Ciara Watson hit two home runs and was the winning pitcher for the Gosnell Pirates in their 5-2 win Thursday night...

LEPANTO -- The Gosnell Pirates improved to 9-1 on the year in the 3-4A conference after posting back-to-back shutouts of the Harrisburg Hornets Thursday night. The doubleheader was moved to East Poinsett County's ball fields because Gosnell's and Harrisburg's fields were unplayable...

It was another clear night for baseball Thursday as Cal Ripken Major, Minor and Rookie Leagues all played games at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. Here's a wrap up of Thursday night's action. Rotary 13, Robinson Farms 2 Rotary scored 12 runs over the first three innings on their way to a 13-2 win over Robinson Farms...

BAY -- The Armorel Tigers continued their dominance of the 1A-3 East Friday night after a 9-0 road win over the Bay Yellowjackets. A week after no-hitting the Yellowjackets in five innings, Armorel pitcher Ashton Kennedy scattered three hits while striking out seven over seven complete innings...