Stories from Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Ronnie Harrison was victorious in the mayor's race for the city of Trumann; Harrison received 963 votes. Harrison faced opponent Sheila Walters who received 557 votes, Bob Arnold who received 159 votes, Don Cole who received 153 votes and Joseph Foster who received 73...

The Arkansas State University Department of Music will present a Wind Ensemble concert Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall at Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive. The Wind Ensemble is under the direction of Ed Alexander, director of bands. The program will consist of "Tam O'Shanter" by Malcom Arnold; "Colonial Song" by Percy Grainger; "Grayson Dance" by David Holsinger; "Blue Shades" by Frank Ticheli; "Watchman, Tell Us of the Night" by Mark Camphouse; and "Hands Across the Sea" by John Phillip Sousa.. ...

Louise Smith, 74 of Judsonia died Oct. 30 at White County Medical Center in Searcy. She was a member of the Church of God of Lepanto and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward W. Smith; three daughters, Regina Louise Smith, Rebecca Faye Smith and Linda Kay McHalffey and three sisters...

TRUMANN - The East Poinsett County Warriors are considered mainly a passing team. But here Friday night, in senior high football action, the Warriors ran past the Trumann Wildcats defeating the Cats 27-7. "We don't get much respect for our running backs," EPC Coach Mark Courtney said. "We expected them (Trumann) to take away the pass. We worked on our running. Everybody thinks we're one-dimensional. We take what we get."...

Jan Ham comes to Trumann this season as the girls' head basketball coach. She graduated from Greenbrier High School where she played basketball. She then attended the University of Central Arkansas in Conway where she played for the Sugar Bears. She then started coaching at the age of 19...

Osceola defeated Trumann 20-6 in junior high football action this past Thursday. With 3:50 left to go in the first, Osceola scored on a 20-yard run. During the next two quarters, neither team scored. With 6:33 left in the fourth, Richard Nelson scored on a 23-yard touchdown run for Trumann making the score 6-6...