Stories from Thursday, August 2, 2007

Courtesy of the Modern News Poinsett County Judge Doyle Hillis has filed a civil suit in Poinsett County Circuit Court petitioning County Clerk Fonda Condra that he be paid $22,184.53 in retirement that has accumulated since he took office in January of 2003. Condra's office is the one that keeps up with the payroll and payroll deductions such as retirement and insurance for the county...

Tribune News Staff Artists are alive and well at the Three Rivers Nursing Center (TRNC) in Marked Tree. In conjunction with the Arkansas Health Care Foundation (AHOF), TRNC held an art contest recently, the winners of which will be entered in a statewide AHOF competition...

Tribune Editor "If you have a dream, go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something." These brave, courageous words flow naturally from Faith June McCoy. A successful Christian fiction author and accomplished musician, McCoy knows a thing or two about reaching for the stars...

Robert C. "Bob" Collins, 85, of Little Rock, formerly of Marked Tree, died Tuesday, July 24 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock. He was a member of Praise Assembly of God in Little Rock and an Army Veteran of WWII. He was preceded in death by his parents, R.G. and Cordelia Collins, three brothers and one sister...

Joann Merritt, 64, of Jonesboro, died Friday, August 27 at the NEA Hospital. Until her death, she was an assistant to the disabled and handicapped. Preceded in death by her daughter Pearline Gray, she leaves her stepfather and stepmother, Leroy and Carolyn Madlock of Lepanto; her special companion James Nichols of North Little Rock; her stepbrother Zachary Patterson of Lepanto; as well as two grandchildren and two great grandchildren...

Opinion By DAN BRAWNER Michael Vick and his trouble with dog fighting should be a reminder to us that athletes, even star athletes, are just human. Or in his case, sub-human. There is no excuse for anyone doing this other than a cruel streak. "Well boxing is just as cruel," some might say in ignorance...