-
Ronald “Eddie” Wamble
(Obituary ~ 08/25/17)
Mr. Ronald “Eddie” Wamble, 30, of Blytheville passed away August 23, 2017. Born August 29, 1986 in Osceola, he is survived by his mother, Tammy (Phillip Gaston) Riddle of Blytheville; father, Ronald (Barbara) Wamble of Frenchman’s Bayou; son, Roland Edward Wamble of Blytheville; daughters, EllieKay Lee Marie Wamble of Blytheville and Delilah Knives Wamble of Blytheville; sister, Rachel (Danny) Skelton of Blytheville; brothers, Derrick Wamble of Gosnell, Jessie Leland Wamble of Ft. ...
-
Doris Alice Hughes
(Obituary ~ 08/25/17)
Ms. Doris Alice Hughes, 86, of Blytheville, passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at her home. Doris was born in Blytheville to Charles and Maude (Bishop) Brown. She was retired from the manufacturing industry and was a member of Promiseland Methodist Church. Doris loved to knit, sew, read, and prepare pecans. She made everyone feel like family. Doris was loved by all and was a part of everyone’s family...
-
Pirates scrape by Paragould Rams
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/17)
PARAGOULD— Gosnell Pirates head coach Brandon Barbaree looked on Tuesday night as his Pirates played the Paragould Rams in their 2017 AAA Benefit Game, which the Pirates won, 12-7. The Pirates showed signs of rust but Barbaree says he believes the effort from his team was there...
-
Payton Lannon joins younger brother at ASU
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/17)
Thursday morning, Arkansas State’s head coach Tommy Raffo confirmed that former Armorel Tiger Payton Lannon, a 6-foot-1 southpaw pitcher, will compete his junior year as a Red Wolf. Lannon’s younger brother, Andrew Lannon, signed with Raffo’s Red Wolves last November in his senior year at Armorel...
-
Prayer is needed; don’t push it away
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/17)
Earlier this week a high school football coach lost his reinstatement case after he was let go for praying after football games. Before I go any further let me point out that I am a Christian and all throughout my life, involving sports, we always annually did a prayer before and after games. ...
-
Chicks narrowly escape Bombers
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/17)
MOUNTAIN HOME— The Blytheville Chickasaws narrowly escaped with a 6-3 victory over the Mountain Home Bombers in Thursday’s AAA Benefit Game. Ben Fisher’s Chickasaws played the Bombers because of their offensive similarities to Wynne. He said, however, his team looked sloppy and didn’t line up right a lot of the times but when they did it worked for them...
-
Friends of NRA event is Tuesday at BCC
(Local News ~ 08/25/17)
The Friends of NRA [National Rifle Association], a fundraising arm of the NRA Foundation that provides funding to firearms programs on the local, state and national levels, announced recently that it has awarded over $10,000 in grants to three Mississippi County Youth Shooting Sports teams...
-
Teammates give their meal money to Blytheville freshman fire victim
(Local News ~ 08/25/17)
The community is rallying behind Blytheville freshman volleyball player Amiracle Nelson and her family, after they lost most of their belongings in a fire on Thursday morning. After Thursday night’s volleyball game in Paragould, Nelson’s teammates gave her their meal money, instead of eating at the restaurant...
Stories from Friday, August 25, 2017
Browse other days