Stories from Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Last weekend, I was watching one of my favorite TV shows, "The Walking Dead." I'm a die-hard fan of the show, especially of Daryl Dixon.

Question: What do Queen Victoria, Steve Erwin, Amelia Earhart, Johnny Cash and "Macho Man" Randy Savage have in common with the students of Blytheville Elementary School? Answer: They are all part of a living wax museum performed by the school's pre-AP fourth-graders.

As the citizens of Mississippi County and the city of Blytheville know, there are always two sides to every issue. Please accept this as our version to Mr. Regenold's views voiced during his Saturday, May 9, 2015, letter to the editor. First of all, the building of the Nucor plant versus the building of Route 18 through Blytheville cannot be an accurate comparison. ...

Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan signed and delivered a proclamation Monday, May 4, in honor of Atlas (Pace) Harding's 100th birthday. Mrs. Harding was born March 7, 1915. She moved from Tennessee to Lake City with her parents, Odie and Bessie (Caton) Pace, when she was two years old. Brothers James C. (Satch) Pace was six years old and William H. Pace was four at the time...

Buffalo Island Central two-sport star Karoline Thomas will continue her athletic career playing softball for last year's NAIA National Champion Auburn University-Montgomery Warhawks. Thomas inked a national letter of intent Thursday at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Monette...

Frances N. Mitchell, 78, of Dyess, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015, at her residence after a long illness. Mrs. Mitchell was born Jan. 23, 1937, at Prim, Ark., to the late Earnest and Martha Hendrix. She enjoyed gardening, flowers and listening to music...

Manila upper elementary and middle school students welcomed Allen Moore and Aliy Zirkle, owners of SP Dog Kennels in Two Rivers, Alaska. The two are well-known dog mushers winning both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod, the two 1,000 mile dog sled races held each year. They also run in many shorter distance races leading up to the two...

Top seeded Riverside had a more difficult game than expected in Friday's first round matchup with Midland in the 2A Regional Baseball Tournament at Tuckerman. But the Rebels fought off the pesky Mustangs to record a hard earned 3-1 victory, propelling Riverside to the 2A State Tournament this week at Marked Tree...

Buffalo Island Central exploded for 16 runs in the second inning and went on to destroy Pangburn 23-3 in the first round of the 2A Regional Softball Tournament Friday afternoon at Tuckerman. The victory gave the Lady Mustangs their fourth straight state tournament berth...

The third annual "Pink Strike Out Cancer" night was held at the Monette ball park Thursday. Proceeds from the gate and the umpires donations go to the Buffalo Island Relay for Life...

Colby Qualls, son of Jeff and Stacey Qualls of Monette, recently graduated summa cum laude at the University of Central Arkansas, and was honored as UCA's Outstanding Student in the College of Liberal Arts with a perfect 4.0 GPA...

Riverside School Board members accepted several resignations, filled positions, and made several transfers at the regular meeting held May 4. Superintendent Tommy Knight reluctantly recommended the board accept the resignations of Karen Eakins, distance learning faciltator; Kristin Emery, secretary in the superintendent's office; Nicole Lindsey, algebra 1 and geometry teacher; and Tammy Davis, cheerleading coach.. ...

Glenda Faye Spain, 70, of Bono, died May 11, 2015, at her residence. She was born Jan. 19, 1945, in Dell to Clarence and Alma Gilmore Counts. She was a retired factory employee and of the Baptist faith...

Shellie Thomas, 71, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at her home in Blytheville.

A Blytheville man is dead and police are looking for the man suspected of pulling the trigger.