Stories from Saturday, March 16, 2019

The Trumann Wildcats led 1-0 after the second inning, but the host Gosnell Pirates tied the game in the bottom of the third. Then, the Pirates rattled off four runs in the fourth and seven runs in the fifth to pull away from the Wildcats to win the 3A-3 conference matchup 12-6, Tuesday...

Buffalo Island Central built a five-run lead and held off Sloan Hendrix 7-4 in high school baseball action Tuesday at Monette. BIC put four runs on the board in the bottom of the fist inning before adding a single run in the second to take a 5-0 lead. Both teams pushed across runs in the third before the Greyhounds put up a three spot in the top of the fifth to slice the Mustang advantage to 6-4. BIC answered...

Buffalo Island Central erupted for eight runs in the third inning, breaking open a close game, and went on to down Sloan Hendrix 16-6 in high school softball action Tuesday afternoon at Monette. The two teams put three runs on the board apiece in the first inning...

Senior righthander Abraham Lopez fired a no-hitter while striking out nine, leading Manila to a 12-0 shutout victory over Hoxie Tuesday afternoon in senior high baseball action. Lopez helped himself at the plate, lacing three singles while driving in three runs. The Lions put three runs on the board in the first inning and added single runs in the third and fourth. Manila scored two more in the fifth before finishing off the Mustangs with a five-run sixth inning...

Walnut Ridge outslugged Manila 13-4 in high school softball action Tuesday at Lion Field. The Lady Bobcats out-hit Manila 16-7. Four Walnut Ridge batters had 15 of the 16 Bobcat hits on the day. The two teams were tied 2-2 going into the third inning before Walnut Ridge exploded for five runs to grab a 7-2 advantage. The Lady Bobcats tacked on three runs in the fifth and added three more in the sixth to go ahead 13-2...

The Blytheville Chickasaws (1-3,1-4) held the host Westside Warriors close early but a Warrior nine-run third inning helped the Warriors cruise to a 14-3 victory over the Chicks in their 4A-3 conference matchup Tuesday night. The Chicks scored a run in the top of the fourth and two runs in the top of the fifth. ...

By JOSEPH FONDREN NEA Town Courier Wednesday afternoon, the Arkansas Northeastern College Board of Trustees called a joint Building Committee and Landscaping/ Facilities Committee to discuss renovating the Adams-Vines Library and the proposed landscaping plan for the Spring 2019...

Over the past three months, Blytheville has seen a wave of homicides, many of which have involved persons most would consider to be youth. Blytheville is often categorized, particularly by those who do not live or work here, as a place of lawlessness and frequent violence and whenever we are three months into the year and have had seven homicides, others injured in shootings, and vehicles and restaurants shot at, it can be easy to see why others think that. ...

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to recent coverage, particularly the March 13 letter to the editor from Councilwoman Barbara McAdoo Brothers, related to ANC's request of Blytheville Waterworks and the City of Blytheville for cost recovery of the fire suppression well system installed at the College...

Dear Editor, I’m writing about a bill currently being debated in the Arkansas General Assembly. It is my understanding House Bill 1251 would allow optometrists to do a handful of minor procedures they are trained to safely perform, but currently aren’t allowed to offer their patients. ...

The Blytheville Ministerial Alliance is holding a “Prayers for Blytheville” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at the Blytheville Prayer Garden. The organization held a planning meeting on Friday afternoon at Blytheville Mayor James Sanders office. Emotional at times, Sanders thanked the group for praying for Blytheville...

Mississippi County Economic Developer Clif Chitwood proposed investing more money into the Arkansas Northeastern College WORK program and incentivizing two local businesses when addressing the county’s Personnel and Development Committee Thursday afternoon...

Manila council members discussed a Main Street building, employee raise and drainage at the Tuesday, March 12, special meeting. Mayor Wayne Wagner had spoken with Greg Stallings, owner of the old Fred's building located on Main Street. Wagner said Stallings might be willing to deed the building to the city for a tax letter credit...

Buffalo Island Central School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire Mike Kinard to fill the vacancy of boys basketball coach and athletic director beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. Kinard currently serves as the girls basketball coach...

Public Works director Mark Key reported to the Blytheville City Council’s Public Works Committee on some of the projects the department had been working on in the previous month to combat some of the floodings in the city. Key stated that the city has had a lot of flooding behind the Dodge store, so Public Works has been doing digging in the area. They are currently digging around Dogwood road and Elm Street...

Blytheville CFO John Callens read a letter from Blytheville city attorney Chris Brown concerning what the Finance Committee needed to look at regarding the ANC water well issue. The letter reads, "In regards to our conversation earlier today, I would recommend that if the Finance Committee chooses to move forward with the ANC water deal that they decide the parameters of what type of deal they want i.e. ...