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It's time for a change
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/12)
I was elected to serve in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1969. I had filed as a Democrat because I felt the Democratic Party was more concerned for the underprivileged than were those of the other party. While serving, I usually voted for what I thought was best for Arkansas and America, regardless of which party sponsored the legislation...
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Manila Nursing Center receives the Governors' Quality Awards
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
Manila Nursing Center was among 17 Arkansas organizations from across the state to receive the prestigious Governor's Quality Award, presented by Governor Mike Beebe Sept. 24. The organizations are made up of medical centers, medical clinics, delivery systems and long-term care facilities. ...
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Several local athletes make watch list
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
LITTLE ROCK -- Two local coaches and several local players are on the 2012 Farm Bureau Awards watch list, announced today. Osceola head coach Russell Leggett and Rivercrest head coach Kelly Chandler are among 20 on the 3A coaches watch list. Blytheville linebacker Carlton Lee is on the Class 5A defensive watch list, while Gosnell tailback Marcus Mullins in on the Class 4A offensive watch list...
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Jr. Pirates stay perfect, lock up at least share of title
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
JONESBORO -- The Gosnell Junior Pirates remained undefeated after a 22-14 win over the Westside Warriors Thursday night. It was the smallest margin of victory for Gosnell (7-0, 6-0 3-4A) as the team has mostly rolled over its competition this season...
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Commentary: Chicks, Pirates both play key conference road games
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
The Great and Powerful Fitzini -- Seer of Seers, prognosticator of prognosticators -- will now give you his predictions for this Friday's prep football games. Please keep in mind, these predictions come with a 100 percent guarantee of being right or wrong...
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Junior Chicks stay perfect with win
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
The Blytheville Junior Chickasaws improved to a perfect, 7-0, Thursday night thanks to a convincing 30-8 win over the Batesville Junior Pioneers at Haley Field. It took the Chicks (7-0, 4-0 5A-East) just two minutes to put points up on the board. D'Arik Haley's one-yard run with 6:00 to play in the first quarter put Blytheville up, 6-0. ...
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I'm (not) so sad to see the Yankees swept
(Column ~ 10/19/12)
If the Cardinals manage to blow their 3-1 lead in the National League Championship series against the Giants, it will still be a good year in baseball because the Yankees got swept by the Tigers and are gone from World Series contention. My Yankee enmity probably goes back to 1964 when the Cardinals and Yankees played in the World Series ... ...
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Robert 'Bobby' Welch Brewer
(Obituary ~ 10/19/12)
Mr. Robert "Bobby" Welch Brewer, 75, of Blytheville passed from this life Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Great River Medical Center. Born in Amory, Miss., to Claude "Hap" and Ruth Welch Brewer, he was a member of First Baptist Church and retired owner of Brewer Wholesale for over 35 years. ...
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Billy Earl Conley
(Obituary ~ 10/19/12)
Mr. Billy Earl Conley, 55, of Memphis, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was born in the Blytheville, the son of the late Sonny Young and Mrs. Ora Conley. He was a Blytheville High School graduate and a Vietnam veteran...
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Cleaner, Safer Bly. cleanup is Oct. 27
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
The Cleaner Safer Blytheville fall cleanup is just around the corner and organizers are looking to make a substantial progress, especially along 21st Street. The cleanup is scheduled for Oct. 27, and volunteers will be focusing on cleaning areas between Leslie and 21st Street and Carolyn and Rose. Blytheville First Assembly pastor Paul Strong, who has spearheaded the event since its inception, said this cleanup will be a little different than past events...
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Red Cross Murder Mystery Dinner event set
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
The Northeast Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross will be holding their annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater fundraising event on Saturday, Nov. 3. Pam Knapp-Carver described the show, which is being directed and performed by local talent: "Join us in taking a walk down memory lane with Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel when the American Red Cross Players present 'Trouble at the Tropicabana', an audience participation murder mystery by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, directed this year by Betty Koval.. ...
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Wreck at Wal-Mart sends woman to The Med
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
A accident involving four cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot led to a women being air lifted to The Med in Memphis. Captain Ricky Jefferson, Blytheville Police Department, told the CN that an elderly woman driving a Ford Fusion was pulling into a parking space at Wal-Mart when she accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake causing her car to collide with an Oldsmobile Alero, which then hit a Toyota Highlander causing the Highlander to hit a parked Honda Civic...
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Blytheville police reports
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department: 10/17 Timothy Betts was arrested and charged with DWI 1st, No Proof of Insurance and possession of marijuana after an off-duty BPD officer noticed a black Chrysler Sebring traveling west on Main Street. ...
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