Stories from Thursday, January 25, 2007

"I was running cable and when I came to this bridge I thought it looked a little questionable," House said. "I walked out across it first and saw the homes and trucks on the other side and was still a little bit doubtful about it, but thought if those big trucks could go cross then I could too. I couldn't see any other way for them to get over there. I even asked someone if people use this bridge and was told that they do."...

Tribune Sports Staff Last Tuesday night at Bay, the Lady Indians (1-13) of Marked Tree spotted the Lady Yellowjackets of Bay a 43-27 lead through three quarters, then stormed back with a 16-7 run in the fourth, but fell short, dropping the rematch with their conference rival 50-43...

Tribune Sports Staff "We are playing really hard at this point and we're being very competitive. There are five or 10 plays that we have each game which are just horrible. If we get rid of those we'll begin winning some games." This was the assessment of EPC coach Josh Hill concerning the Warriors 87-75 loss to the Greyhounds last Tuesday night at Marmaduke...

Tribune Sports Staff When the Indians (1-12) hosted Bay in early December, the Yellowjackets knew they had escaped with their lives, winning a 54-51 slugfest. Last Tuesday night, Marked Tree traveled to the 'Jackets' home for the rematch and, as might be expected, another battle ensued with the Tribe giving their hosts everything they could handle before falling, 65-63...

Eva Maxine King Featherston, 89, died Jan. 14, 2007, in Memphis, Tenn. Born on May 11, 1917, in Ackerman, Miss., Featherston was the youngest of 10 children. She moved with her family at a young age to Northeast Arkansas. She graduated from Marked Tree High School and attended Arkansas State University. On Dec. 24, 1939, she married James Rodgers Featherston. They lived in Marked Tree until April, 2000, when they moved to Memphis, Tenn...

Tribune News Staff As far as he could tell, Saturday, Nov. 18 was going to be like any other day in the deer woods when Tyronza Fire Chief Jerry Organ awoke that morning near Mammoth Springs. "We'd been out hunting that morning," Organ said. "And we had come in, taken a nap and I was getting something to eat before we went out again."...

Tribune Editor Poinsett County residents and friends of family of former State Representative Wayne Nichols packed the commons area at Arkansas State University Technical Center in Marked Tree last Sunday. The gathering of nearly 100 people was held to honor Nichols and thank him for all his hard work during his three terms as State Representative...

Tribune News Staff The Marked Tree City Council meet twice last week to decide the hiring of Jeremy Bond as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) at Marked Tree Police Department. The first meeting, which was the month's regular meeting, was held Tuesday, Jan. ...

Tribune Editor Raymond Oakes, a 28 year veteran of the Lepanto Police department gave his notice of resignation as the Lepanto Chief of Police. His resignation will be effective Feb. 1. Oakes will assume the position of criminal investigator for the department...

Tribune Sports Staff "We were a little concerned going in because they gave us a test earlier in the season," coach Bobby Lewallen magnanimously said after the 62-38 pasting his EPC ladies handed to the Hoxie Lady Mustangs. "We only beat them by 11 earlier, so we were kind of cautious."...