Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Jonesboro -- James C.L. Mangrum, 93, formerly of Black Oak, passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 at his home. He was born April 3, 1923 in Black Oak. JC grew up in the Mangrum and Caraway area and had lived in Black Oak for many years. ...

Chayse Carmichael scored 19 points off the bench and the Mustangs canned 21-24 free throw attempts as Buffalo Island Central dominated Manila 64-50 in senior boys basketball action Tuesday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Monette...

Harold "Sonny" Barker has been honored with the title of grand marshal for the 2016 Lake City Christmas Parade. The junior grand marshal will be Callen Rhea Eakins. The Lake City Parade will begin at 6 p.m. ...

Monette Veterans Park Committee met Nov. 14 to finalize plans for the placement of a historical monument at the downtown stoplight intersection. There is space on the monument for engraving 1,244 names. ...

Lake City Council accepted the recommendation for several new firefighters at the Nov. 21 meeting. New members, approved unanimously, include Matthew Mann, Terry Fitzgerald, William Mann and Justin Avant...

Woody Townsend with the Manila Pilot's Association updated the Manila City Council at the Nov. 21 meeting on work at the airport and recent comments left by visiting pilots. "We are making impressions," Townsend said...

P.J. and Jennifer Brumley of Manila announce the birth of their son, Rush Wilder Brumley. Rush was born at 6:53 p.m. Nov. 18, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. He weighed seven pounds and eight ounces...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police took a shoplifting report (two packs of cigarettes) at Jordans Quick Stop on West Main. -- Officers investigated a domestic battery report in the 300 block of East Sawyer. -- Police investigated an aggravated assault in the 500 block of South Lake. The offender fired three shots...

Mr. Michael Blair of Blytheville, Arkansas was born on May 22, 1961 in Armorel to Willie and Mary Lou Williams Blair. He was a construction worker and of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Blair departed this life on November 26, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville at the age of 55...

Mr. Travis Dwain Wigton, 58, of Rockford, Ill. passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at home surrounded by his family after a long fight with lung cancer. He was born on April 16, 1958 to Joe Travis Wigton and Gertrude Elain (Bowen) Wigton of Luxora. ...

Mrs. Inez C. Henderson Carthee, 89 of Blytheville, died November 25, 2016 at Methodist Central University Hospital, Memphis, TN. Born on May 22, 1927 in Moorhead Mississippi, she was the daughter of Dee Green and Blanche Mackafee Green. She moved to Blytheville more than 50 years ago from Mississippi and was a homemaker...

Mrs. Raye Ledbetter, 89, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home. Raye was born in Blytheville to Charles and Mary (Hardin) Lucius. She was a retired cafeteria worker at Blytheville High School. Raye was a member of Gosnell Baptist Church where she was a longtime Sunday school teacher. She liked to cook and loved her family. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother...

The long awaited opening of the new cell at the Mississippi County Landfill occurred Monday morning as the City of Leachville provided the first load of waste and was followed by the City of Osceola with the first "roll off truck" to dump. Dumey Construction was obligated to have the new cell operational by Sept. ...

Teachers within the Blytheville School District received a double dose of good news Monday. On the same night the district's board of education unanimously approved $500 bonuses for all district employees next month, superintendent Richard Atwill said more than half of a potential request for a property tax increase would be used to cover teacher raises in the near future...

Blytheville battled Missouri Class 4 power Sikeston for four quarters, but the Chicks couldn't hold an 11-point third quarter lead Tuesday night, falling to the Bulldogs, 68-64, at Chickasaw Gym. With University of Arkansas assistant coach Scotty Thurman in the upper bleachers scouting Sikeston standout Fred Thatch, the Chicks (2-3) gave last year's Missouri fourth place finisher all it could handle in its season opener...

GOSNELL-- Gosnell Pirates new head coach Jimmy Porter decision to ice the shooter after making the first free throw with 1.1 second left in the game helped the Pirates beat a scrappy Harrisburg Hornets team on Tuesday night, 86-85. Marquel McKinney electrified the crowd in the middle of the third quarter with a dunk that put the Pirates up, 57-33. At the end of the third the Pirates were winning, 63-56...

Blytheville police responded to a multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highways 18 and 161 on the city's west side Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. The driver of this vehicle was transported to Great River Medical Center for treatment of injuries. Details of the accident will be released as they become available...