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Bobby Wayne Copeland
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Mr. Bobby Wayne Copeland, 53, of Osceola, died Thursday, March 31, 2011. Mr. Copeland was born on Sept. 16, 1957, in Osceola, to Bobby Jean and Delois Langston Copeland. Mr. Copeland was a member of the Carroll Corner Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, a retired custodian from the Osceola school system, he enjoyed watching cartoons and westerns, and taking care of his family...
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Mary V. Grant
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Mary V. Grant, age 89, of Leachville, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born at Cash she was the daughter of the late Walter and Cora Lamb and had lived most of her life in Monette. She was the widow of Mr. Virgil Grant and had been a Leachville resident for over 30 years. She was of the Assembly of God Faith...
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Gerald Albert VanKirk
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Mr. Gerald Albert VanKirk, 66, of Lake City, died Saturday, April 2, 2011, at his home. Mr. VanKirk was born on Feb. 28, 1945, in Pierson, Mich., to the late James Russell and Addie Elizabeth VanKirk. ...
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AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
Buffalo Island Central's Mark Stone continued his power surge, blasting a pair of solo homers and leading the Mustangs to a 10-4 romp of Osceola Thursday afternoon on the road. It was Stone's fourth homer in the past week as the Mustangs improved to 10-2 overall on the season...
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Manila art students win poster contest
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Three Manila students were awarded prizes in the Mississippi County Farm Bureau Safety Promotion Contest. The county-wide competition ran in conjunction with Farm Bureau's Agricultural Safety Awareness Week, March 6-12. The theme for the poster contest was safety including farm machinery, chemicals, home, fire, bus, tornado, etc...
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BIC West supports St. Jude
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
BIC West Elementary fourth and sixth grade boys basketball teams and fourth grade cheerleaders have supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House this year. In all, a total of over $9,000 was donated to these worthy causes through the efforts of the teams in hosting an elementary basketball tournament, drawings for donated items, candle, t-shirt, and tamale sales...
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Riverside takes the Polar Plunge for Cannon
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
For the third consecutive year Riverside teachers and students took the Polar Plunge, a fundraising event to benefit the Special Olympics. Riverside takes the plunge in honor of their own senior Cannon Ellis who participates in the Special Olympics. This year Cannon will be competing in the softball and tennis ball throw and hopes to bring home two gold medals...
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Riverside mock wreck sends strong warning
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
A mock wreck was held at Riverside High School Wednesday morning during prom week. Prom was held Friday evening and the mock wreck was an effort to send a strong message to high school students of the importance of making good choices...
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Wrestling for a cause
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
A large crowd came out on Saturday night to the annual Relay for Life Wrestling event at the Manila Community Center. This is the 10th year Ron Horn and fellow wrestlers have volunteered their time and talent to raise money for the Buffalo Island American Cancer Relay for Life...
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Mrs. Anna Mae Watkins celebrates 101st birthday
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Anna Mae Watkins celebrated her 101st birthday Feb. 12, 2011, with friends and family in Texarkana at the home of her daughter, Sylvia Etta McEwen. Mrs. Watkins is doing well, even though she has broken a few bones over the years. She gets around well using her walker. Her friends at church refer to her walker as her red Cadillac. She is still active in church and Eastern Star...
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Natalie Marcus on her way to Miss Arkansas Pageant
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Natalie Marcus of Manila is on her way to the 2011 Miss Arkansas Pageant which will be held in Hot Springs July 10-16. She presently holds the title of Miss Greater Jonesboro. The 2010 Manila High School honor graduate started to college with the same plan as her high school years -- staying active. ...
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Robert LeRoy Whitener
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Robert LeRoy Whitener, 81, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Caruthersville Nursing Center in Caruthersville, Mo.
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Raven Shanise Wells
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Ms. Raven Shanise Wells was born Oct. 28, 1979, to James E. Wells and one of three children to Tonya Stanford in Blytheville.
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Essie Bernice Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Essie Bernice Jones, 71, of Osceola, died of heart failure Sunday, April 3, 2011, at SMC Regional Medical Center in Osceola.
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Braxton Janes
(Obituary ~ 04/05/11)
Braxton Scott Janes, newborn son of Traci Janes of Gosnell, died Sundy, April 3, 2011, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.
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County eyeing changes to personnel policies handbook
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
The Mississippi County Quorum Court will consider some changes to the county's personnel policies handbook after those changes were approved by the Court's Personnel Policy committee Monday.
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Waterworks has new general manager
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Blytheville Waterworks has a new general manager. The city recently hired Gary Phillips to oversee the water department office. Though it is a new position, Phillips takes part of the duties of Waterworks bookkeeper Regina Johnson.
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Mayor wants board for police, fire departments
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Blytheville Mayor James Sanders chose his words carefully when saying the city should consider re-establishing a board for the police and fire departments, making sure he didn't call it the once controversial and disbanded Civil Service.
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Chamber membership drive
(Business ~ 04/05/11)
Ken Higdon of Your Chamber Connection speaks to a group of volunteers from the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce during a Chamber membership drive, which began this morning. The membership drive continues through Thursday, with Chamber volunteers soliciting memberships from businesses throughout the greater Blytheville area...
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Rain changes schedule
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
The local baseball and softball schedule was altered by Monday's rain. The Lady Pirates will take on cross town rival, Armorel on Friday at home at 4 p.m. Armorel baseball travels to Tennessee Wednesday evening to play Obion County Central at 7 p.m. and then returns home Thursday to take on Ridgefield Christian in a 1A-3 East battle at 4 p.m...
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Blytheville Police reports -- 4-5-11
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department.
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School attendance shouldn't be optional
(Column ~ 04/05/11)
For three hours Saturday morning, my kids were in school. The Armorel School District, where my kids attend, opted to utilize a Saturday to make up one of the half-day snow days it missed a fews weeks ago.
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