Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Buffalo Island Central scored 10 runs in the final two innings and went on to run rule Marked Tree 14-4 in senior boys baseball action Friday at Monette. BIC out-hit the Indians 15-5. The Mustangs took advantage of seven Marked Tree errors. Suiter finished off a big day at the plate with three hits, five RBI and two runs scored. Alex Rangel singled twice, belted a double and matched Suiter’s five RBI day...

The Armorel Tigers maintained their perfect conference record Monday night against the Ridgefield Christian Warriors in an 11-8 decision, after committing seven errors. The Warriors scored five runs in the final inning but the Tigers had a comfortable 11-3 lead heading into the bottom half of the seventh inning...

GOSNELL — The Gosnell Pirates and Manila Lions were tied at one after the first inning and the Pirates scored a run in the bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead, but the Lions scored five runs in the final three innings of play to defeat GHS 6-2 in the the 3A-3 conference matchup Monday night...

Tomorrow, April 11, is National Pet Day 2019. Whether your pet has fur, feathers or scales they can be a member of the family. Statistics show two-thirds of Americans have pets with an estimated 70-80 million dogs; 74-96 million cats; and fish, birds, gerbils and turtles not far behind...

Some of my favorite memories have been made at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex either coaching or watching my children play ball. Organized by the Blytheville Baseball Softball Boosters, the Blytheville youth baseball and softball season begins next week at one of the best youth sports venues in the state, the Sportsplex...

On Monday the Blytheville Code Enforcement and Animal Control committee met without the attendance of Chairman John Mayberry or Assistant Chief of Police Ricky Jefferson. While the meeting was planned to be rescheduled, several concerned citizens wished to bring concerns to the committee, so committee members Matt Perrin and John Musgraves held the meeting to hear from them...

Parks and Recreation director Cody Wyatt reported that during March the department rallied community service workers to help with the cleaning of the Ritz. The orchestra pit was cleaned out as well as the bathrooms. Display cases that were previously in the lobby were moved to the Delta Gateway Museum and the floors were professionally deep cleaned per the decision of the Ritz Commission. Blytheville Public Works also installed some emergency lighting in the building...

Monday night, the Armorel School Board accepted the resignation of superintendent Jennifer Barbaree and hired her replacement, Tiffany Morgan. The board also accepted the resignations of head basketball coach Gary Burnside and high school English teacher Kristie Lloyd...

The Blytheville Public Works committee heard from director Mark Key about the department’s work in March. Key reported that the drain work on Keith and Elm has been completed. The department also fixed a spot in the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex parking lot in one of the handicap spaces...