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New business partnering with 4-H
(Community News ~ 01/16/15)
If you attended the first grand opening, or "soft opening," of the new Blytheville Tractor Supply store last weekend, you should have noticed a group of young people helping customers out with their packages and wearing green shirts with four-leaf clovers on them.
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Groups see "Selma"
(Community News ~ 01/16/15)
On Jan. 11, mentors of Daddy's Diamonds and Healing in the Hood took youth members of each organization to see the movie "Selma" as part of their educational curriculum. Daddy's Diamonds had been through four weeks of classes on different cultures, and in the upcoming month, they will focus on the importance of voting and knowing your rights as a citizen. ...
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GUEST COMMENTARY: An open letter to my son, a first-year medical student
(Column ~ 01/16/15)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared in The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society. I am proud that you chose to study medicine and apprentice in my field. Medicine, as with all things, is easy if you approach it with ease. "Do no harm'" is the first dictum. "Do unto others as you have them do unto you'" and "love thy patients as you love yourself for they are your neighbors'" are higher principles...
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Waterworks probe continues
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
The Arkansas State Police investigation of Blytheville Waterworks is still ongoing, ASP Lt. Brant Tosh said Thursday. It is unclear when the probe will wrap up. ASP investigators arrived in Blytheville on Nov. 20 to begin actively investigating discrepancies in water deposits and certain expenditures...
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Police seek information in shootings
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
The Blytheville Police Department is looking for information that may help with its investigation of two recent shootings. At approximately 7:50 p.m. on Sunday a juvenile victim was shot near 21st Street and Vine Street. The victim told officers he heard a "loud crack" from the alley in front of him; he then felt a burning sensation in his left bicep and noticed he was bleeding. The victim ran to a friend's house and called 911...
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Pirates rout Trumann
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
TRUMANN --The Gosnell Pirates got back on the winning track in a big way thanks to a convincing, 64-29, win on the road against the Trumann Wildcats Thursday night. The Pirates pounced on the Wildcats early and took a 19-7 lead into the second period...
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Opponents of Big River Steel mill defend suit against plant
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Opponents of a new steel mill under construction in eastern Arkansas argued in a court hearing Friday that they didn't forfeit their right to sue to stop the plant just because the state had already issued a permit. "You cannot simply take a document and write 'permit' on it and say, 'That's good enough for us,'" Nucor Steel attorney David Taggart argued during a federal court hearing in Little Rock...
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Lady Tigers defeat Hughes
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
ARMOREL -- The Armorel Lady Tigers defeated conference foe Hughes, 53-46, Friday night. Armorel clung to a 13-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 25-18 at half. The lead was 35-27 going into the final quarter. Tia Sellers led the Lady Tigers with 15 points, followed by Amanda Skelton with 15. Shelbie Collard and Luisa Towery added eight each, Rylee Nelson four, Viola Schaeffer three and Haley Fleming two...
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Betty Jo Ray Askue
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Mrs. Betty Jo Ray Askue, 73, of Gosnell passed from this life on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 in Gosnell. Born to William and Winnie Cannon Ray in Mississippi County, Arkansas, she was a lifelong resident. Betty was a homemaker and attended the First United Pentecostal Church of Manila...
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Earnest 'Tacker' Baker
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Earnest "Tacker" Baker, 84, of Blytheville, formerly of Cherokee Village, passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at his home. Born in Oran, Missouri, to Earl and Ollie Carter Baker, Mr. Baker retired from the U.S. Postal Service, where he worked as a letter carrier, in 1993. ...
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Joyce E. Ioakimedes
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Mrs. Joyce Ioakimedes, 75, of Gosnell, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Blytheville on Nov. 4, 1939, to James Earl Meadows and Eileen Boles Meadows. Joyce loved life and everything about it. ...
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Armorel teams sweep conference foe Hughes
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
ARMOREL --The Armorel Tigers finished a three games in five days stretch by sweeping the Hughes Blue Devils at home Friday night with senior high boys and girls and junior high boys picking up big conference victories. Armorel 70, Hughes 55 Just over a week after suffering a 15-point, 64-49 loss at Hughes, the Armorel Tigers returned the favor with a 70-55 victory Friday night over the Blue Devils...
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Chicks earn first league victory at Batesville
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
BATESVILLE -- The Blytheville Chickasaws picked up their first 5A-East win of the season Friday night, defeating host Batesville, 55-32. The Chicks (5-7, 1-2 5A-East) outscored Batesville 21-6 in the fourth quarter to pull away. Blytheville knocked down three three-pointers in the final frame, including two triples from Robert Moss, who had eight of his 10 points in the period...
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