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Police need the public's help in locating a missing juvenile
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
The Luxora Police Department and the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department is needing the public's help in locating 17-year-old Justice Brown. A police report was filed July 27 in Luxora about Brown missing. Brown is a 5 foot 9 inch male weighing 150 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes...
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Dixie Pig celebrates 100th anniversary
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
By Sandra Brand NEA Town Courier Editor You can run a vehicle through a brick wall, but you can’t stop a 100-year-old tradition. As the result of a two-vehicle accident Saturday, a white BMW crashed through the side wall of the Dixie Pig, an icon in Blytheville...
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"Whose city is this? Our City! Whose kids are these? Our Kids!"
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
Despite the soaring heat index and uncomfortable temperatures, the Blytheville Middle School Band marched from their band hall to the Blytheville Administration Building - all while carrying band instruments and never stopping the rhythm and beat of their music on Thursday, Aug. 24...
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Graveyard Kids remain a community
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
The Graveyard Kids was officially organized in June of 2007. The name chosen for the organization goes back over 70 years. Geneva Aldridge Harris, founder of the group, said it is made up of men and women who grew up in the Sawdust Bottoms and played in Sawyer’s Cemetery. Harris is a long-time retired educator in the Blytheville School District...
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Singing convention set
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
The 91st annual Missouri Mid-South Gospel Music Singing Convention will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15-16 starting at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the New Covenant Church, 3396 Kanell Blvd. (PP Hwy.) Poplar Bluff, Mo. The emcee by Joyce and Ron Fowler of 89.5 FM and Rick Jones 106.1 FM...
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Almost Elton to perform in Leachville
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
Elton John is coming to Leachville. Well, Almost Elton that is. Jerred Price, a Leachville native, is known around the country for his award winning Elton John Tribute show. Popularly known as "Almost Elton John", he is gearing up to bring his critically acclaimed show to his hometown for the first time ever. The show features Price as Elton John and a full band known as “The RocketMen”. The show will be part of the Melody Theater’s 75th Anniversary festivities...
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Nucor’s Jerrad Cude selected to join Leadership Arkansas Class XVIII
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
Jerrad Cude with Nucor Yamato Steel Company is one of 53 individuals selected throughout Arkansas to joined Leadership Arkansas Class XVIII. The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas (State Chamber/AIA) made the announced...
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Gosnell Pirates get off to a hot start
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
PIGGOTT – Game conditions weren’t the best with the 93 degree temperature and 113 degree heat index. The Gosnell Pirates took the cue from the weather and got off to a hot start themselves. The Pirates scored 30 points in less than five minutes in the first quarter and parlayed that in a 42-6 rout of Piggott Mohawks in the season opener for both teams...
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Greyhounds race past Seminoles 42-14
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
In a match between the Osceola Seminoles (3A) and the Newport Greyhounds (4A), the Seminoles faced a tough defeat with a final score of 42 - 14. The game started with the Seminoles punting the ball away and then the Greyhounds turning the ball over on downs. ...
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Poinsett County Roundup –
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
Marked Tree (1-0) got big nights from T.J. Hodges and Ken Carter as the Indians beat Hector, 34-27, in the season opener for both teams. Hector jumped out to a 6-0 lead before Hodges scored on 39-yard run with J.J. Risper adding the two-point run to make it 8-6 Marked Tree. ...
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Field announced for Judy Watson Classic
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The field is set for the Third Annual Judy Watson Classic. The three-day event will be held Monday, Nov. 13, Tuesday, Nov. 14 and Thursday, Nov. 16 at Rivercrest High School. This year teams from Blytheville, Brookland, East Poinsett County, Wynne and the host Lady Colts will take part in the event which honors the longtime former head coach of the Lady Colts...
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Blytheville Chicks fall in season opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
LITTLE ROCK –Blytheville’s bid to open the season with a win went for naught as miscues did the Chicks in and the result was a 34-14 loss to Mills University. Three turnovers, penalties – one which erased a score – a dropped touchdown pass, poor snaps from center and unrelenting Comet pressure in the backfield led to the disappointing opener in Little Rock...
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Game Preview - Mississippi County rivalry pits Blytheville at Osceola
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
Blytheville (0-1) visits Osceola (0-1) Friday at 7 p.m. at Seminole Stadium with both teams searching for a victory after dropping games in Week Zero. Blytheville lost on the road at Class 5A Little Rock Mills by a 34-14 count. The Seminoles, meanwhile, were soundly defeated at Newport by a final of 42-14...
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Hornets fall 42-12 to Cross County in season opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
Harrisburg (0-1) hosted neighboring rival Cross County in the season opener for both teams this past Friday at Jordan’s Stadium. The Thunderbirds jumped on Harrisburg early on their way to a 42-12 win over the Hornets. Harrisburg got the ball first and drove to the Cross County 40-yard line before turning the ball over on downs. ...
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Game Preview: EPC Warriors to host Manila Lions
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The EPC Warriors will open their season this coming Friday as they host the Manila Lions in non-conference action at Warrior Field. EPC played Rivercrest in a scrimmage game in the middle of August as the Lions are coming off a 46-6 loss to Rivercrest. The Warriors shut the Lions out last year 42-0...
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Lady Pirates finish second
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The Gosnell Girls Golf team finished in second place Tuesday in a three-way match with Paragould and Green County Tech.
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Gosnell boys golf gets win
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
Gosnell won a three-way match against Greene County Tech and Paragould Tuesday. The Pirates fired a team score of 160 to win the match. The Pirates were led by senior medalist Parker Wells who shot a 33 in the nine hole match.
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Wells in the led
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The Pirates were led by senior medalist Parker Wells who shot a 33 in the nine hole match.
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LR Mills travels to Rivercrest
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The LR Mills Comets (10) will visit Rivercrest (1-0) Friday at 7 p.m. at Cortez Kennedy Field in Wilson. The teams met in last sea-son in Little Rock with the Comets pulling away for a 50-34 victory. Mills comes in fresh off of a 34-14 pasting of the Blytheville Chickasaws, while the Colts “sportsmanship clocked” Manila 46-6...
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Rodeo action comes to Caraway
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
The Flying L Rodeo at the Roger Bell Memorial Arena in Caraway on Saturday night.
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Junior Hornets fall in football season opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
In a game that was typical of first games of the season, both teams struggled at times to move the ball in the season opening game for both team. Harrisburg (0-1) gave up a touchdown and two-point conversion to Cross County (1-0) in the second quarter as the Junior Thunderbrids went on to an 8-0 win this past Thursday in Cherry Valley. The game was played with a running clock per AAA due to the heat...
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Colts huge first half dooms Lions
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/23)
WILSON - Rivercrest jumped out to a 12-0 lead less than five minutes into the game and went on to post a 46-6 “sportsman-ship clock” win over visiting Manila Friday at Cortez Kennedy Field. Coach Johnny Fleming’s squad posted a second season opening win over the Lions in as many years with the dominant victory. “We took control early. Our defense was good from the start. Good team win,” said Fleming...
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Editor's Corner: Constant scratching
(Column ~ 08/30/23)
You all know about my best friend, Milo. He’s my six-year-old Shelter Dog, my constant companion and the one who knows all my secrets. Milo dances with me when I put KC & the Sunshine Band on the old recorder player. He walks with me when I get in my “you must throw away the chocolate” mood. He puts his head on my lap when I shed tears from an argument with my husband. He wrestles with me on the floor when I have flashbacks from my childhood...
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Revis' Ramblings: Labor Day
(Column ~ 08/30/23)
Labor Day will be Monday, Sept. 4, and a day off work for many. Labor Day was declared a national holiday in 1894 and is observed on the first Monday of every September. President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in 1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers...
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Everyone has equality in time
(Column ~ 08/30/23)
Have you ever thought about how time equality exists? Or have you ever discussed equality of time? The general understanding for most people is that equality means treating everyone the same. Well, time does just that. Everyone gets 24 hours each day. Time is a measurement of your life. Although many people have said, I don’t have enough time in the day. When they do, this common response is a reflection of their choices to use wise time management that is not prioritized for a specific goal...
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DENSO celebrates 20th anniversary
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
Grateful for “tremendous support” from the community, George Harguess, president of DMAR, welcomed the crowd of dignarities last Thursday to the company’s 20th Anniversary celebration. DENSO Manufacturing Arkansas, Inc. was the first industry recruited to Osceola with the county industrial tax approved by the voters more than 20 years ago. ...
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Therapeutic hobby quickly becomes home business
(Local News ~ 08/30/23)
Diamonds are a girl's best friend and so are diamond dotz when they turn into a side business. “And, what are diamond dotz?” you might ask. The answer is simple. They are used in one of the world’s newest and most popular crafts, diamond painting. So, what exactly is diamond painting?...
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