Stories from Monday, May 11, 2015

Author Chip Reece and artist Kelly Williams will be on hand from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Arkham Comics, 306 W. Main Street in Blytheville, promoting their new graphic novel, "Metaphase -- A Graphic Novel Inspired by Little Heroes with Down Syndrome" and published by Alterna Comics...

Author Dora E. McQuaid will be at That Bookstore in Blytheville at 4 p.m. Thursday for a book-signing and poetry reading. McQuaid latest work is "The Scorched Earth," a collection of poems, that also includes a spoken audio companion. The poems detail McQuaid's journey journey from victimization to survivorship, through healing from a history of both sexual and domestic violence into empowerment and advocacy as an award-winning poet, activist, speaker and teacher...

I am writing this as an extremely frustrated parent! My child, a sixth-grader at Gosnell Middle School, has been the victim of teacher bullying, assisted by office administration. I'm sure you find this appalling, as generally educators strike to prevent bullying, not create it...

Every couple of days or so for the past three weeks I have been lugging out the garden hose and moving the sprinkler around my garden. So I have been overjoyed the past several days by all the rain we have been getting.

Blytheville firefighters responded to a structure fire Sunday evening on Roosevelt Street.

Rakhail Treyon Robinson, 16, of Osceola, died Sunday, May 8, 2015, at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center in Osceola.

Diann Hampton Starr, 66, of Joiner, died Friday, May 6, 2015, at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock.

Vada Lucille Sparks Day, 86, of Boonesville, Mississippi, formerly of Lepanto, died Monday, May 4, 2015, at her home in Mississippi.

The Mississippi County Fair Board and the Mississippi County Cooperative Extension are working together to update the fair catalog and exhibit rules for the Mississippi County Fair.

Arkansas Northeastern College hosted a Mentor Training Program Monday to train volunteer mentors for the WORK Program.

The Armorel Lady Tigers bounced back from a tough loss Saturday in the 1A Region 2 semifinals against Viola to defeat the Izard County Lady Cougars, 11-0, in five innings Monday.

The Armorel Tigers earned the No. 1 seed out of 1A Region 2 by slugging their way to an 11-2 victory over the Viola Longhorns Monday night at Billy Brown/Hugh Don Ashmore Field.

A local group is launching a new community cleanup initiative, set to begin on May 16, focusing on south Blytheville.