Stories from Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Robbie Jean Riley Byrum, 82, of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018 at her home. Robbie was born in Bruce, Mississippi to Cleatus D. and Lessie Davis Banks. She was retired from Milwaukee Tool and was a member of Leawood Baptist Church in Memphis. She loved to read and work crossword puzzles. Robbie was a loving mother and grandmother...

Conway Christian put together three big innings and went on to crush Buffalo Island Central 11-1 in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A State Tournament Friday afternoon at Pangburn. The Eagles got three runs in the first and fourth innings and put the game away with a five-run sixth...

Charleston used a three-run fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie and went on to defeat Manila 6-4 in the opening round of the Class 3A State Baseball Tournament Thursday at Smackover. Despite the loss, the Lions ended the season with a sparkling 25-5 record...

Three Lady Rebels basketball standouts signed letter of intent to continue their playing careers Wednesday afternoon at the Riverside High School Gymnasium in Lake City. Haven Robertson, Brittney Sain and Whitney Wagganor helped lead the Lady Rebels to a 36-6 record this season, including a conference and district championship...

A man is in custody and one deceased after a stabbing incident Friday night around 9:30 in Manila. According to Manila Chief of Police James Skinner, the altercation was of a domestic nature. It happened on East Olympia Street. The victim, Adrien Moore, 38, was transported to a hospital where he later died...

Caraway Mayor Barry Riley and council members discussed selling three acre lots on Payne Street near the fish pond during the city council meeting May 10. Mayor Riley said there is an interest. Jeremy Garland, who was present at the meeting, said he was interested in the center lot and Adam Carpenter was interested in the other two lots...

Manila City Council members voted to approve the purchase of a work truck, accepted a resignation, and agreed to offer Lisa Smith a job in the city hall office during a special called meeting Monday, May 7. Mayor Wayne Wagner recommended the approval of purchasing a 2500 Dodge work truck through state bids for $24,331. The truck will be used by Henry Ford, water/sewer supervisor. The council approved the purchase...

Riverside Superintendent Jeff Priest reported he had received several compliments on the 2018 graduation held Sunday afternoon, May 6. “I want to thank the Lake City Fire Department for helping with the parking; Mr. Zeigler (high school principal) and his students for helping with spreading of the mulch; and Mrs. Haas (senior sponsor) for all of her work,” Priest said. “With all we have had to deal with over the past two weeks, I think it went well.”...

Buffalo Island EAST students recently won the Girls of Promise Tech for Good, sponsored by the Women's Foundation of Arkansas. The competition was open to female students in grades 6-12. BIC EAST Facilitator Jill Sanders said entries had to be a technology project for a community partner...

Riverside East school nurse Shirley Long has a talent for taking care of her students when they have scrapes and pains and making them feel better. Long has many other talents including being a published poet, a singer/musician, and a seamstress. She started writing poetry when she was a teenager. It seems Long has always had a gift for penning words for every occasion...

The sixth annual Buckin' of the Bulls for St. Jude Children's Hospital was held May 11 at Caraway. Merritt Emery, organizer of the event, expressed his appreciation to all of the sponsors, donations, and Hall Rodeo Co. of Ash Flat. “Without them, the event would not be possible,” he said...

Barbara Joyce Bell, 87, of Blytheville went to be with her Lord on May 11, 2018. A Los Angeles, California Native, Barbara was born to Ira Pulliam and Lucille Hughes Pulliam on February 16, 1931. Though raised in a Baptist tradition, she attended a Pentecostal Church during her tenure in Blytheville...

Blytheville's annual Mayfest event took place this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday in what was a fun-filled and successful weekend. Interim Main Street Blytheville director L.C. Hartsfield told the CN that the Saturday event had 71 vendors as opposed to 51 vendors last year. While he did not have an exact count of people who attended the events, he did say that it appeared to be more than what has been seen in the past. Hartsfield estimated a possible 5,000 people in attendance...

Cancer doesn't discriminate and nearly a month ago a little boy, Bruce Stabbs and his family’s life changed drastically after he was diagnosed with what doctors believe is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ( ALL). ALL is treatable, however, Stabbs will be at St. Jude Children’s Hospital for at least 6-8 weeks and then if he is able to go home he will have to go back every week for two and a half years. Stabb's immune system isn't currently fighting anything off so he is "kind of isolated"...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police investigated a burglary in the 500 block of East Cherry. Missing were medicine, a nail gun set, mower and television. — Police cited Patricia Carter on charges of domestic battery charges in the 1100 block of West Moultrie...