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Rebels surge past Mustangs 74-54
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
Riverside completed a season sweep over archrival Buffalo Island Central, defeating the Mustangs 74-54 Tuesday night at Monette. Riverside claimed a 19-14 advantage after the first quarter and kept their lead throughout the second stanza before taking a 32-29 edge into the dressing room at intermission...
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Lions open season with wins over CRA and Armorel
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
Manila kicked off the 2016-2017 basketball season by blasting Crowley's Ridge Academy 66-40 Tuesday night at Lion gymnasium. Junior guard Bradey Woodall poured in a game high 24 points to pace Manila while Joel Burrow added 10 more. Griffin Hogue scored 12 to lead the Falcons...
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Lady Mustangs race past Manila 53-31
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
Buffalo Island Central placed three players in double figures as the Lady Mustangs rolled over Manila 53-31 in senior girls basketball action Monday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Monette...
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Manila Board fills Position 4
(Local News ~ 11/22/16)
Manila School Board members selected Paul Wayne Hicks to fill Position 4. The vote was unanimous in favor of Hicks to fill the vacant seat. Dean Tucker submitted a letter of resignation at a special called meeting earlier in the month and a vacant seat was declared by the board...
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Leachville Grand Marshals looking forward to parade
(Local News ~ 11/22/16)
Bernice Jackson, 93, and Nell Dean Blackwell, 86, will serve as the grand marshals in the Leachville Christmas parade. Parade co-chair Moba Lee Miller made the announcement of the selection of the two outstanding Leachville residents to lead the parade...
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Antique cotton picker part of one area farmer's legacy
(Local News ~ 11/22/16)
Not too many blue cotton pickers or two row pickers are around the Buffalo Island area today. However, in the early days of mechanical cotton pickers the Ben Pearson Rust Cotton Picker was among the first. Collector Rick Cohn of Monette is now the owner of a Rust picker thanks to the original owners, Betty Crews and son Erick Crews of Athelstan, near Manila...
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Area Christmas parades will be held on these dates:
(Local News ~ 11/22/16)
Leachville -- Monday, Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m. Contact Paula Bowen 870-595-4485 or Moba Lee Miller 539-6966. Blytheville - Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Parade theme "A Hero's Christmas," main street. Manila -- Saturday, Dec. 3, 6 p.m. Contact city hall, 561-4437...
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Manila couple to celebrate 65th wedding anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/22/16)
Lecil James and Doris Jean Mills of Manila will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Nov. 23. Lecil Mills and Doris Decker were married Nov. 23, 1951. The couple made their home in Springfield, Mo., for several years before returning to Manila...
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Mary A. Moore
(Obituary ~ 11/22/16)
Ms. Mary A. Moore of Blytheville, Arkansas was born September 17, 1958 to Odell Moore and Mae Lee Moore in Blytheville, Arkansas. Mary worked as Head start Teacher at Focus. She confess hope in Christ at an early age. Mary departed this life on Wednesday November 16, 2016 at North Metro Hospital in Jacksonville, Arkansas at the age of 58...
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Billy Wayne Hancock
(Obituary ~ 11/22/16)
Billy Wayne Hancock, 72, of Manila, passed away Nov. 21, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Feb. 26, 1944, in Manila to the late George and Georgie Cravens Hancock. He enjoyed watching westerns, riding grandkids on golf cart, and spending time with family and friends...
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Danta Sullivan, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 11/22/16)
Mr. Danta Sullivan Sr., 55, of Blytheville, died October 26, 2016 in Malvern, Arkansas. He was born in Blytheville, the son of Billie Joseph Dorsett and Ernestine Sullivan. He worked at Nucor Yamato Steel Company. He was a veteran. Survivors are his parents, Billie Joseph Dorsett of Blytheville and Ernestine Sullivan of California; 2 sons, Danta Sullivan Jr. ...
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Chicks open season with 57-50 win over Osceola
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
In front of a packed Chickasaw Gym Tuesday night, the new-look Blytheville Chickasaws got off to a good start by topping the rival Osceola Seminoles, 57-50, in their season opener. New Blytheville head coach McKenzie Pierce had a successful debut, as did senior transfers Josh Richardson and Austin Phelan, who combined for 29 points, despite being plagued by foul trouble part of the night...
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Tigers fall to defending 2A state champion
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
ARMOREL-- Coach Gary Burnside's Armorel Tigers kept the game close, 48-32, at halftime, but the reigning 2A state champions, the Earle Bulldogs, went on a run in the third quarter to finish the game off, 92-46. Leading the way for the Tigers was junior Monroe Carr with nine points, six rebounds, and one steal...
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Pirates to face Prairie Grove in quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/16)
The 3-4A champion Gosnell Pirates will travel almost six hours on the road Friday night to play the Tigers of Prairie Grove in the quarterfinals of the 4A state playoffs. "We're going to go five and a half hours but that's part of it," says Gosnell head coach Brandon Barbaree. "You go play anybody, anywhere."...
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Blytheville Police Reports
(Local News ~ 11/22/16)
The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. -- Police investigated a burglary in the 1700 block of West Main. missing was a microwave, BB riffle and DVD player. -- Officers took a theft report in the 400 block of West Rosemary. Prescription medicine was reported missing...
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