Stories from Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tribune Editor Mickey's Quickie Tobacco Shop in Marked Tree burned to the ground Thursday night in a blaze that is believed to started by electrical issues within the building. Fire fighters from Marked Tree Fire Department responded to a call that the building was engulfed in flames around 5:30 p.m. last Thursday evening...

The fifth annual Stars and Stripes Jubilee will be starting this Thursday. The carnival will begin Thursday, May 17 and will continue through 11 p.m. Saturday, May 19. "Tyronza Idol" auditions will begin at 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 18 on the main stage at Tyronza city park...

Tribune News Staff The anticipation of a heated meeting brought a larger gallery then usual to the Poinsett County courthouse Monday night for the monthly Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting. Those looking for some fireworks were not disappointed as a there were a number of exchanges between county Judge Doyle Hillis and former OEM director Merle Williams...

In a moving ceremony conducted by American Legion Post 26 in Lepanto, PFC Rufus E. Lane was posthumously honored with a memoriam 61 years after he was killed in action in the vicinity of Hatterath, Germany on May 7, 1944. The late arriving honor comes just three months after the family of Lane received the medals he had won during his time in the European Theater of the Second World War...

Tribune Editor Children and families in the Tri-City area are all invited to attend a fun-filled block party set for this Saturday, May 19. The event will take place from 11 a.m. -- 2 p.m. at the Carver Center Park in Marked Tree. The community block party is sponsored by Three Rivers Baptist Church in Marked Tree. The church has held several similar parties for area children over the last few years...

Dr. Thomas Randle Sanders, 87, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at the Guardian Assisted Living Home in Lake Charles, La. He was born in Jackson, Tenn. and lived in Lepanto. For the past five years he had been a resident of Lake Charles and Creole, La...

William Henry "Dub" Ray, 71, of Bentonville was ushered by angels into Heaven Thursday, April 26, as his loving family surrounded his bed at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. He was born August 16, 1935, Marmaduke to Marlin B. and Allie Ray. After graduating from Marmaduke High School, he married his high school sweetheart, Lena Virginia Rose on July 2, 1955 and then enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro on an athletic scholarship to play basketball as an ASU Indian...

The Trumann Church Softball League began its season Friday with four teams participating: Maple Grove Baptist Church, First General Baptist Church, First Christian Church and Full Gospel Tabernacle. The teams, which play their games at the sports complex on Pecan Grove Road, are almost all co-ed. According to organizers, the league was formed primarily for fun and fellowship and at this early stage in the season, other teams could still enter the league...

Marked Tree Schools will be holding a sports banquet Tuesday, May 22 to honor all students who participated in any sports during the 2006-2007 school year. BBQ will be served in the elementary cafeteria beginning at 5 p.m. with awards presentations beginning at 6 p.m...