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Leslie James Beal
(Obituary ~ 01/26/10)
Leslie James Beal, 92, of Beebe, formerly of Manila, died Jan. 23, 2010, at the Beebe Retirement Center in Beebe. Mr. Beal was born Dec. 7, 1917, to the late Jessie James Beal and Viola Melvin Beal at Joiner. ...
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Charlene Kimbrell
(Obituary ~ 01/26/10)
Charlene Kimbrell, 83, passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born Dec. 19, 1926, in Leachville to the late Charles and Beatrice Brown. She was a hairdresser and a homemaker and she shared farming with her loving husband J.L., who passed in 1997. ...
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Loretta Price
(Obituary ~ 01/26/10)
Loretta Mae Price, 52, of Manila, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at her home. Born at Kalamazoo, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Emmitt and Nora Crafton Branom, was a former California resident and had lived in Manila for the past 17 years...
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Dangerous animal ordinance amended
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
The Caraway City Council reviewed the past year and discussed plans for 2010 at the Thursday, Jan. 21, council meeting. Mayor Barry Riley gave the State of the City review at the beginning of the meeting...
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Lake City Council approves 2010 budget
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Lake City council members approved the 2010 budget, established an employee handbook and accepted bids for work at the ball park at the Monday, Jan. 18, meeting. All council members, Brenda Hutcheson, Harold Barker, Tommy Eakins, Ann Davis, Jeffrey Wisham and Jon Milligan, were present along with city clerk, Linda Simpson...
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Mayor's letter explains firemen's bonus veto
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Manila Council worked through a short agenda at the January meeting on Monday, Jan. 18. The council received a letter on the Mayor's veto on fireman bonuses, reviewed the budget, amended the 2009 expenses and accepted the 2010 budget...
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Manila Superintendent's contract extended
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Manila School Board members voted unanimously to extend Superintendent Pam Castor's contract for a year at the January meeting held Thursday evening. The extension of her contract will take it through 2012...
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Mustangs down Marmaduke, lose to Turrell
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Buffalo Island Central split a pair of 2A-3 conference games last week, defeating Marmaduke 59-54 Tuesday night on the road before dropping a 65-52 decision to Turrell Friday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex...
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Marmaduke hands Lady Mustangs first Conference loss, 45-38
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Marmaduke rallied from a five point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull out a 45-38 come-from-behind victory over Buffalo Island Central Monday night at Marmaduke. The Lady Greyhounds handed BIC its first conference loss of the season behind the strong fourth quarter play of seniors Michelle Greaney and Morgan Hatcher...
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Hornets sting Lions 56-54
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Chad Lacy took a behind the head pass from teammate Zach Davis and laid in the winning bucket with only one second remaining as Harrisburg shocked Manila 56-54 Friday night at Harrisburg, handing the Lions their first conference loss of the season...
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Lady Rebels take bark out of Greyhounds
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Riverside upended Marmaduke 31-26 in the rubber match between the two teams Thursday night at Lake City in 2A-3 conference play. The Lady Greyhounds took the first game of the season before Riverside gained revenge with a victory over Marmaduke in the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament...
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Area law officers attend training session
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Law enforcement officers from throughout the area attended three days of training at the Manila Airport Center last week. Classes in standardized field sobriety and DWI detection were held. The training was under the direction of the Criminal Justice Institute (CJI). ...
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Frigid shooting night spoils Riverside's Homecoming
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Marmaduke took advantage of Riverside's frigid second half shooting woes to rally for a 53-38 come-from-behind victory, spoiling the Rebel's homecoming in 2A-3 conference action Friday night at Lake City...
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Rivrside Homecoming crowned
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/10)
Riverside senior and junior high Homecoming was held Friday, Jan. 22, at Lake City. Magan Wells was crowned senior high queen and Lauren Weaver was named junior high queen. Senior high maids were Bethanne Snyder, Brittany Douglas, Dawn Weaver, Kayla Rolland and Allie Lunsford...
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Monette/Black Oak firemen recognized
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
The Monette and Black Oak Fire Departments held their annual family dinner and recognition dinner on Jan. 16 at the Monette Fire Station. "We try to take time out each year to show our appreciation for the firemen and their families," said Fire Chief Bob Blankenship. ...
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Retired fire fighters honored
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Manila Volunteer Fire Department hosted a dinner Thursday evening at Big Lake Country Club in honor of recent retired firefighters. "We have been trying to get them all together for some time to recognize them and let them know how much we appreciated the many years of service and dedication they have given to the Manila Fire Department and the community," Fire Chief Jerry Hitchcock said...
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McDaniel: 'My heart is in Arkansas'
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
Take Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's name out of the conversation on who will run for Congressman Marion Berry's seat. Speaking at the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday, McDaniel said he will instead seek re-election in his current office...
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Hospital Board tables budget proposals
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
A budget for 2010 was tabled by members of the Mississippi County Hospital System's Board of Governors Monday. Instead, board chairman John Logan appointed a finance committee of Mike Huffman, chairman, Dr. Van Parker and Earl Smith to review the proposed budgets and recommend one to the full board...
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Poverty-reduction plan sought
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
At Saturday's quarterly Ward meeting, local officials continued soliciting diverse opinions from the community to create a poverty-reduction plan in Blytheville. Through a project called "Emerging Communities Initiative," which is funded by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, local officials are teaming up with Little Rock-based Ken Hubbell Associates to gather community input that will shape the plan...
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Atwill gets contract extension
(Local News ~ 01/26/10)
After a brief executive session, the Blytheville School Board voted to extend Superintendent Richard Atwill's contract through June 30, 2013. The board also accepted the retirement of Jo Ann Van Pelt, math teacher, and Wanda Kemp, the district's director of finance...
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