Stories from Saturday, April 27, 2019

Manila defeated Armorel 14-7 in softball action Monday afternoon at Lion Field. The Lady Lions used an eight run fourth innings to rally from a five-run deficit to pull out the victory. Olivia May went the distance to earn the victory, allowing just three earned runs. Beth Rawson had three singles, clubbed a double, drove in three runs and scored twice to highlight the Lady Lion offense. Ashlyn Jolly singled, belted a pair of doubles, drove in three runs and scored once...

The last few years many of y’all have seen me at the ball fields every night whether I was taking pictures for the paper of umping games. You also may have seen me at the Sportsplex either playing or watching my brothers play when I decided to take a break from wall ball...

Manila pushed across three runs in the top of the seventh inning and went on to outlast Bay 19-16 in a slugfest Monday at Yellowjacket Field. Manila led 16-6 entering the bottom of the fifth inning. Facing the 10-run rule, Bay needed a run in the bottom of the frame but instead exploded, scoring eight times to close to within 16-14. The host Yellowjackets evened the game, scoring two more runs in the bottom of the sixth before Manila put together their game winning rally...

Riverside looked to be in big trouble in their 2A-3 district tournament opener Tuesday against Sloan Hendrix. The Rebels spotted the Greyhounds a 7-0 lead entering the bottom of the fourth inning. Riverside began to claw their way back, plating three runs in the bottom of the frame...

The Gosnell Pirates easily defeated the Rivercrest Colts Tuesday 8-1 in the opening round of the 3A-3 District tournament. After defeating the Colts Tuesday, GHS saw a battle that went into extra innings before finally defeating another Mississippi County team and rival the Manila Lions, 5-4, after Gosnell scored a run in the top of the 11th inning...

Last week the Mississippi County Economic Planning and Development committee met, and in their meeting they discussed the possibility of the county paying for a study that would look into the effectiveness of bringing in an outside workforce into Mississippi County to increase both population as a whole and population of working citizens...

With the county having already secured a reported 240 new jobs over the last several months, the Mississippi County Quorum Court unanimously approved two measures aimed at creating more than 100 additional employment opportunities on Tuesday evening...

At Tuesday's board meeting, board member Desmond Hammett debated at length the viability of continuing their partnership with the New Tech Curriculum at Blytheville High School. The subject was brought up due to New Tech Network's contract with the district being up for renewal. The contract covers two years and would cost the district $97,800...

I am going to offer a huge thank you for the encouragement, prayers, calls and visits my husband, Dale, and I have received over the last few weeks. Most people who know my husband and me are aware he is having some serious health issues. We both realize we are not the only people in the world going through difficult times. We try our best to think of others needing our prayers and not just focus on ourselves...

Area 13 (Mississippi and Crittenden Counties) Special Olympics would like to thank Black Hills Energy, Blytheville Plaque and Trophy, Hay's Grocery, and Westminster Village for their support and help in making our Track and Field Competition on April 12, 2019, a success for our Special Olympians, coaches, families, and volunteers...