Stories from Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Kim Easter, 908 ½ Patterson, has been charged with two counts of Battery I, possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine), second offense possession of controlled substance (marijuana), two counts and second offense endangering the welfare of minors and possession of drug paraphernalia. Easter is being held in the Poinsett County Detention Center on a $100,000 cash bond...

Trumann Chief of Police Larry Blagg has not released any further information on the shooting death of Dorman Ray Cooper, 26. He did say Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ron Hunter has asked the department not to release further information on the case to the media...

News of upcoming severe storms puts many folks on edge. It can be terrifying to know one's community is facing a day or night full of severe and deadly storms. This spring several towns have been hit time after time with destructive storms. After the recent tornado that literally destroyed parts of Earle, the Trumann Police Department did what they do best, protect and serve...

The Trumann Fire Department is continually working to educate the people of Trumann in the issue of fire safety. To that end, the department applies for grant monies to purchase equipment such as its fire safety trailer, Sparky the Fire Dog and individual smoke detectors for residents...

Dorman Ray Cooper, 26, of Marked Tree died May 12, 2008 in Trumann. Born August 8, 1981 in Memphis, Cooper was a security guard and a member of West Ridge Baptist Church in West Ridge. He was employed with Securitas in Trumann as was working at the Columbia Forrest plant at the time of his death...

Joe E. Houston, 68, of Trumann died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Parsons, Tenn. and had lived in Trumann for the past one and a half years. He was a retired cutting room supervisor for Salant and Salant, an avid outdoorsman and of the Baptist faith...

Henry Ruben "Smitty" Smith, 83, of Trumann, died Friday, May 16, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Smith was born in Pittsburg, Kans. and had lived in Trumann for 31 years moving here from Benton Harbor, Mich...

Construction on the new Trumann High School complex is still behind schedule, according to Trumann School Superintendent Joe Waleszonia. But contractors have put more of the classrooms under roof and should be able to move more quickly on the project...

In this week's edition we have a lifestyles announcement on a couple who just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Can you imagine - 70 years!! To me that is such an accomplishment, one I can only hope to achieve...

Fifty years ago this month Trumann was a town with lots of news. K.J. Hendrix was the newly elected president of the Trumann Jaycees. Hendrix saw the Jaycees as a means for community improvement and the development of the city...

The Trumann High School class of 2008 made the transition from student to alumni Friday, May 11. Class valedictorians were Colton Everhart, Jordan Hendrix and Daniel Holt. Salutatorian was Brittany Marshall and other honor students were Whitney Richardson, Candace White, Cassie Rains and Kyle Barker...