Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Gavin Stone struck out 11 batters last Tuesday as Riverside squeaked out a 2-1 win over EPC in high school baseball action in Lepanto. Matthew Fraser flew out for Riverside to open the game as Izzy Garcia followed with a fly out. ...

Riverside upped its record to 10-2 on the season with a 4-2 victory Thursday afternoon over Armorel. The Rebels fell behind 1-0 when the Tigers scored a run in the top of the fourth, but Riverside bounced back in the bottom of the inning with a four-spot of their own to grab a 4-1 lead. ...

Lady Lion soft-ballers won three out of four games last week to push their record to 11-7 overall and 3-1 in 3A-3 conference play. Manila began the week with a 7-0 shutout of conference rival Corning on the road. ...

Buffalo Island Central stretched its winning streak to seven straight games with victories over Rector and East Poinsett County before dropping a 7-2 decision Friday afternoon at Westside to close out the week...

Riverside School Board heard a construction update by Mark Cahoon, architect, at the April 4 meeting. Most of the interior is completed and being cleaned up. Fire alarms were scheduled for inspection this week. A few final details remain such as speakers, clocks, bells and minor HV/AC. Some exterior is still under construction but will be finished soon...

Mrs. Atlas (Pace) Harding of Lake City turned 101 on March 7, 2016. She moved from Tennessee to Lake City with her parents, Odie and Bessie (Caton) Pace, when she was two years old. Lake City has been her home ever since...

The crash scene at Riverside High School on March 5 was a mock wreck but the message was very real. The vivid accident scene with sirens and screams sent a strong message on what can happen when people choose to drink and drive...

The 108th State Conference of the Arkansas Daughter of American Revolution was held in Little Rock March 17-19. Honored guest was Mrs. Lynn Young, president general from Texas...

Blytheville Courier News ARMOREL-The Armorel Tigers outslugged the Rector Cougars in a 13-11 win Monday night. With the score tied, 1-1, heading into the fifth inning, the two teams combined for 22 runs over the final three innings with Armorel hanging on for the win. Armorel scored all 13 runs on just five hits...

Blytheville Courier News ARMOREL-The Armorel Lady Tigers walloped the Rivercrest Lady Colts, 16-2, Monday night. Trailing, 2-0, after the first half inning, Armorel scored 16 unanswered runs on their way to the victory. The Lady Tigers scored two in the first, nine in the second, three in the third and two more in the fourth ending the game early...

By AARON FITZPATRICK Blytheville Courier News BLYTHEVILLE-Ahead 2-1 in the top of the sixth, the Blytheville Chickasaws were five outs away from posting an upset of the visiting Nettleton Raiders Tuesday in the first game of a 5A-East double header. However, the Raiders managed to plate four runs in the inning on their way to an 8-2 win over the Chicks...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Officers took a breaking and entering report in the 1100 block of South Ruddle. A refrigerator was taken from the trailer. -- Police took an identity theft report. The offender took $130 from his debit card...

Drew Kelley, 18, of Gosnell, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016. Drew was born in Blytheville to Howard and Laura (Hopper) Kelley and was a lifelong resident. Drew was a member of the Senior Class of 2016 at Gosnell High School. His favorite class was Mrs. ...

Have you ever spent a good deal of effort or thought on something, thought you had it just right, and then found the real, right answer somewhere else? Part of what you are reading is an example of that very thing. I pondered and wrote in order to express what I think about the progress and accomplishments, of late, in the schools. ...

Principal Joey Carr updated the Armorel school board Monday night about the district's Elementary School qualifying for $40,839.48 in reward incentives because of the school's excellence. The funds were won for being in the top 5 percent across the state in performance & growth...

The following warrants were issued by Blytheville District Court for Failure to Appear from March 1-31. -- James Lee Bailey, Blytheville; -- Donald Jay Boesen, Blytheville; -- Jalisa Latriece Bohannon, Blytheville; -- Floyd Bolden, Blytheville; -- Jeffrey Brown, Blytheville;...

Manila squared its record at 8-8 overall and 3-3 in conference play with victories over Piggott and Marion last week. The Lions destroyed the Mohawks 16-2 Monday afternoon at Piggott before getting past Marion 6-2 Friday afternoon on the road...

The Blytheville City Council had a long evening Monday as the public works committee, the airport and utilities committee and the police and fire committee met in regular monthly session. All council members except John Musgraves were present. Airport and Utilities Committee Chairman Kevin Snow announced that the March meeting of the Blytheville Airport Commission was held on March 16 and that the commission agreed to award the furnishing to be purchased for the remodeled terminal building to the low bidder of Hubbard and Hoke Furniture for a price of $22,317.90.. ...

Hazel Nadine Duffel, 87, of Monette, passed from this life Friday April 8, 2016 at her home. Born in Hazen, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Otha and Essie Eiland Putt and had been a Monette area resident for over 60 years. A devoted and faithful Christian, she was a longtime member of the former Childress Baptist Church and read her bible daily. She loved gardening, knitting, and working crossword puzzles...

Mrs. Hazel Marie Golden, 84, of Blytheville, died Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Blytheville. Born September 12, 1931 in Clarksdale, Ark. to the late Edgar Chambers and the late Lavern Chambers, she was a homemaker, a member of the Gospel Temple C.O.G.I.C. as well as an emeritus member of the Motherboard...

Mr. Leslie Eugene England, 43, of Lake City died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Little Rock. Born May 31, 1972 in Osceola, his parents included Ruby and Terry O'Barr, both of Lake City and his late stepfather Robert Pough. He was a factory worker and of the Pentecostal faith...

Mrs. Louise Moore, 88, of Blytheville, died Saturday, April 9, 2016 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born in Mississippi and in later years moved to Chicago. While in Chicago she worked as a stock clerk for a department store. She moved here in 2000 and was a member of the Gospel Temple Church of God in Christ and served on the Mother Board...

Mr. Michael "Mike" Dewayne Grimes, 67, of Blytheville died Sunday, April 10, 2016 in Memphis, Tennessee. Born September 24, 1948 in Osceola to the late Delmer Grimes and the late Billie Dew Grimes, he was a truck driver, a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, a 1966 graduate of Luxora High School, a member of the American Legion, a member of Connection Ministries in Blytheville, doorman and limo drive for MCW for 22 years and a lifetime resident of Mississippi County...

Minnie Linda Tate, 88, of Leachville, the widow of Cary Preston Tate, passed from this life Tuesday April 12, 2016 at her home. Born in Campbell, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Fred and Gladys Linhart Harmon and had been a Leachville resident since 1968...

Mr. Terry Edward Sartin, 44, of Osceola died Friday, April 8, 2016 in Steele, Missouri. Born May 18, 1971 in Marianna, Ark. to Troy Sartin and Jewell Merriman Sartin, both of Osceola. He was a factory worker and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Sartin leaves one sister, Tracy Randolph of Osceola; and...

Blytheville Courier News GOSNELL-The Gosnell Pirates won their 11th game in a row Tuesday night defeating the Harrisburg Hornents, 12-0, in five innings in game one of the 3-4A doubleheader. Dakota Atkinson pitched five shutout innings to pick up the abbreviated complete game win. Atkinson allowed five hits, struck out six and walked no one in five innings of work for the Pirates...

Blytheville Courier News The Blytheville Chickasaws and Lady Chicks fell in their opening games of conference double headers against Batesville Tuesday night at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. The Chickasaws lost game one, 21-1, in four innings. D'Arik Haley picked up the lone hit for the Chicks and Alex Draughn scored a run...

In an attempt to acquire the reaction of the local NAACP to the events surrounding the arrest of 23-year old Patrick Dewayne Newbern, including the use of non-lethal force at Lucky's on Easter Sunday and the release of a Blytheville Police Department (BPD) body cam video of the arrest, it has became very apparent that there is a great deal of confusion as to who the local chapter president actually is...

GOSNELL -- Gosnell residents can no longer feed stray animals on someone else's property or city property, unless they have permission, according to Ordinance 293 that the Gosnell City Council passed Tuesday night. Residents can feed strays on their own property...

Minnie Linda Tate, 88, of Leachville, widow of Cary Preston Tate, passed from this life Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at her home. Born in Campbell, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Fred and Gladys Linhart Harmon and had been a Leachville resident since 1968. ...