Stories from Thursday, August 17, 2006

Tribune News Staff In a very short meeting Monday night the Poinsett County Quorum Court passed one ordinance concerning the county library system and heard a report from County Tax Assessor Johnny Rye about information he had received while attending the Arkansas Association of Counties meeting earlier this month...

Filings are officially closed for municipal races in the November general election. There are quite a few contested races throughout the county. Two races for mayor in the Tri-City area will be contested. In Marked Tree, incumbent Mayor Lawrence Ashlock is being challenged by Dixon Chandler. Lepanto incumbent Mayor Dale Dunlap will run against Kevin Wright. Tyronza Mayor Marion Bearden is unchallenged...

Students are buying supplies and anxiously awaiting the first day of school which is set for Monday, Aug. 21 for both Marked Tree and East Poinsett County Schools. Teachers have been preparing throughout the month of August for what school faculty and administration hope to be a productive and exciting year...

Tribune News Staff The need for speed has long been the adage of men and boys all over the world for generations and KTM Motocross Champion Bailey Gilbert of Marked Tree is no exception. Gilbert is not the typical fourth grader, mainly because he competes in a sport more 9 year old boys only get to watch on TV...

Alan Lee Archer, 62, of Imboden, died Friday, August 11, 2006 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was born December 10, 1943 in Beereu Springs. He was a member of the Jehovah Witness and a factory worker. Archer was preceded in death by his parents, Stanley Archer and Laura Lyans, and one sister, Donna Persful...

Mildred Loraine Reagan, age 79, of Lepanto died Saturday, Aug. 12, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Goldman Reagan, Sr.; one son, H.B. Reagan; two brothers; her stepmother and her parents...

Tribune Sports Staff As a Hog fan, I suppose I jump on any situation which will poke jabs at other SEC teams. In a private conversation, with other fans, I suppose errors don't matter that much. However, when opinions based on errors are broadcast over the internet, those errors go beyond innocent...