Stories from Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Democrat Sports Staff OSCEOLA -- It was supposed to be a highly anticipated match-up between two undefeated teams for control of the conference, but quickly turned into a rout as Osceola trounced the Wildcats 42-14...

EDITORIAL -- DARN YANKEE By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff In 1985 Coca-Cola executives came up with the brilliant idea of changing the formula of Coke. The result was a complete and utter disaster, probably one of the biggest corporate blunders ever hatched in a board room. ...

Are you overweight, balding and living a miserable life because you can't make perfect smoothies at home? Does you life feel incomplete because you don't have a pilates chair? Or maybe it's the boflex that makes your heart go pitty-pat? And can you really live your life another day without that miracle wrinkle cream or magical mineral makeup?...

Our View: Gossip site a poor reflection on Trumann Democrat By MARK RANDALL, Democrat News Staff There is an Internet website that is causing a lot of commotion in Trumann. We're not going to dignify it by mentioning its name here, but apparently a lot of people are reading it. What's worse, they are using the site to slander people's name and spread out and out malicious and untrue gossip...

Democrat News Staff Mayor Sheila Walters is already in the Christmas spirit and has been for the past few weeks. She has taken over planning duties for this year's annual parade from the Trumann Ministerial Alliance...

ABC to reject Trumann man's application By RUTH ANN ESTES Democrat News Staff The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board last week denied a request by Trumann businessman Norman E. Francis Jr. to move a retail liquor and beer permit from a location on Highway 63 south of Marked Tree to a new location north of Harrisburg...

Tribune News Staff An economic development initiative announced Friday, Oct. 10 in Harrisburg, is "tailor-made" for Poinsett County, according to County Judge-elect Charles Nix. Arkansas State University's College of Business and the Delta Center for Economic Development (DCED), in partnership with the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, announced the selection of Poinsett County as the second participant in the "Powering Rural Development" model project.. ...

Tribune News Staff Money and the lack there of was at the top of the agenda once again as the Poinsett County Quorum Court met for their October meeting Monday night at Harrisburg. Mayor Marion Bearden of Tyronza led a contingent of mayors who came to the court to address the financial woes of their individual cities...

Citizen survey shows clean up top issue for Trumann By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff The results of a survey sent by mail along with the water bills last spring shows that cleaning up Trumann remains the top priority for most residents of Trumann...

Graphic Novel explores the life of controversial Civil War general By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff Justin Murphy is surprised that more people don't know who Patrick Cleburne is. The Civil War battles in which the Arkansan general fought in don't get the attention from historians that they deserve...

Trumann Country Club finding new ways to attract members By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff Ted Walker would love to see the Trumann Country Club one day expand into an 18 hole golf course. But even if it stays like it is, the city probably has one of the biggest and best nine hole golf courses in the entire state of Arkansas. ...

Russell Allen Wayne Johnson Russell Allen Wayne Johnson, infant son of Troy Alan Jr. and April Ann Johnson, was born on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 in Little Rock and died at UAMS in Little Rock on Oct. 8, 2008 at the age of 21 days...

Christopher Shannon Mitchell Shannon Mitchell of Paragould died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 at the family residence in Paragould at the age of 39 years 5 months and 25 days. Mitchell was born on Thursday April 10, 1969 in Trumann and had lived most of his life in the Trumann area having moved to Paragould four years ago. ...

Osbon A. "Burtis" Stevens Osbon A. "Burtis" Stevens, 72, of Bay, joined his heavenly father and other family members Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 while surrounded by his earthly family. He was born in Mangrum and had lived in Bay for 36 years moving there from Illinois. ...

Dathel Clarice Cannon Coats, 75, of Trumann died Oct. 8 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Coats was born in Lepanto, and was a lifetime resident of the Trumann area. She was a homemaker, a landlord, insurance agent and a member of Viva Drive church of Christ of Trumann. ...

Who's afraid of big, bad Osceola? Apparently, the Trumann Wildcats are. The team who showed up Friday to play the Seminoles in the battle of undefeated conference teams, wasn't the same Trumann Tough team who blew out Highland last week, or the one who booted Gosnell in overtime, or for that matter, the team who came back from a huge half time deficit to nearly beat Paragould...

Pocahontas air attack keeps Wildkittens winless By MARK RANDALL Democrat Sports Staff POCAHONTAS - A strong passing game by Pocahontas kept the Wildkittens winless. The team dropped to 0-6 on the season with a 32-6 loss Thursday against the Redskins...