Stories from Monday, December 5, 2011
Five arrested in drug bust (Local News ~ 12/05/11)
Area law enforcement seized approximately 275 pounds of marijuana, with an approximate street value of $275,000, Thursday from a Blytheville home.
Bill Tyer: Silver Fox still going strong (Local News ~ 12/05/11)
Anyone who has been around Arkansas basketball over the past seven decades has either had a direct or indirect connection to Blytheville assistant basketball coach Bill Tyer.
"Wreaths Across America" coming to Blytheville this week (Local News ~ 12/05/11)
The nationwide program "Wreaths Across America" will be making its way through Blytheville this week on its way to the Fayetteville National Cemetery.
Visiting Santa Claus (Business ~ 12/05/11)
Cousins Wesley Jones, Jesse Dean Jr., Robert Dean and Kylie Dean end their Thanksgiving out at the Lights of the Delta visiting Santa Claus and telling him what they would like for Christmas! Photo submitted by Victoria & Thomas Dean.
Mississippi confirms Freeze takes coaching job (College Sports ~ 12/05/11)
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi has confirmed that Hugh Freeze is the program's new football coach. He will be introduced during a news conference on campus later Monday. The 42-year-old Freeze led Arkansas State to the 2011 Sun Belt Conference championship and 10-2 record in his first season as a coach at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. It was the Red Wolves' first 10-win season since joining the FBS...
Arkansas State AD won't rush coaching search (College Sports ~ 12/05/11)
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas State athletic director Dean Lee says he won't rush the search for a new football coach. Hugh Freeze was hired by Mississippi on Monday after spending one season as the coach of the Red Wolves. Arkansas State (10-2) won the Sun Belt Conference and will play Northern Illinois in the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Jan. 8. It's the first 10-win season for the school since 1986, when it was a member of the I-AA Southland Conference...