Stories from Wednesday, December 10, 2008

New, improved Sonic re-opens By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff At long last, Trumann has its Sonic back. The restaurant opened its doors Monday, Dec. 1 after an absence of nearly three months. Owners tore down the old building and the former Woody's Print Shop next door to make way for the new design which features 24 drive-in stalls, two walk up ordering stations and a drive thru...

Father provides game pointers -- from the sidelines By MARK RANDALL Democrat Sports Staff Like any parent who has a child participating in competitive sports, sometimes it hard to watch from the sidelines without being an armchair coach...

Move-in from Bay gives Lady Wildcats a potent 1-2 scoring combo By MARK RANDALL Democrat Sports Staff When Morgan McKenzie found out that Lacy Staten was thinking about transferring from Bay to Trumann she couldn't help contain her excitement about the possibility of playing as teammates on the basketball court...

Teacher re-arrested on drug charges involving second student By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff A former Trumann teacher who was arrested in October for allegedly trying to get a 17 year old student to buy prescription drugs for her, is in legal hot water again, this time following new information involving a second student in a similar incident...

Parks and Recreation Comm. Recommends city stick with UTRIP By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff Trumann Parks and Recreation Committee members are recommending the city stick with USSSA or UTRIP for the upcoming youth baseball season...

By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff Mayor Sheila Walters hasn't had to do a lot of arm twisting to get people to help out with preparations for this year's Christmas parade...

Jack and Pauline Noel were surprised to learn that one of their television heroes had Arkansas roots. The couple was driving through Colorado on vacation in 1986 and decided to stop in Cripple Creek when they noticed that actor Ken Curtis from "Gunsmoke" was appearing that day in town...