Stories from Friday, March 24, 2017

Ginger Marshall, 65, passed away March 21, 2017, at Monette Manor. She was born April 7, 1951, in Manila to the late Billy Jo Marshall Sr. and Alma Ruth Ishmael Marshall. Ginger worked as a waitress and for the last five years has worked for Monette Manor. ...

Ms. Paulette King, 72, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when complete. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

The Arkansas Senate passed what was formerly known as Rep. Sara Capp's HB 1743 with an emergency clause attached. Therefore, upon the Governor's signing of the legislation it will immediately become law and all multi-judicial district counties in Arkansas can legally return to business as usual when it comes to how revenues are collected, spent and recorded despite the recent Arkansas Supreme Court opinion handed down on March 2 in the City of Osceola v. Mississippi County Quorum Court appeal...

The Blytheville City Council held a short meeting Tuesday as they once again waived competitive bidding to authorize the purchase of new mowing equipment and made multiple changes to the city’s budget totaling $9,922,201, including funding the golf course through the end of the year...

HEBER SPRINGS— The Gosnell Pirates track teams made the long trip to the Heber Springs Panthers Relay Meet last Thursday. Senior Pirate Marquel McKinney won the triple jump competition at the meet with a jump of 44 feet and 2 inches. He also placed third in the high jump with a jump of 6 feet 1 inch...

ARMOREL — The Armorel Tigers found themselves in a unusual predicament Tuesday night against their blended conference opponent the East Poinsett County Warriors after the Warriors struck first in the top of the game’s first inning. However the Tigers returned to their old familiar ways and piled up seven runs (two in the third, one in the fifth and four in the sixth) to win the ballgame, 7-1. The game was a “make up game” for the rain out on on Tuesday, March 14...

The iconic 1984 patriotic song “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood, echoed in my head late Wednesday night after watching the 1994 movie D2: The Mighty Ducks and that evening’s edition of Sports Center. That song hit home for me for many reasons. Not only am I an American that loves this nation we call home more than most, but also during the Mighty Ducks movie I received a notification on my phone that Team USA had defeated Puerto Rico, 8-0, in the World Baseball Classic...