Stories from Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Staff Mayor Sheila Walters' phone didn't stop ringing the day after the Christmas parade. The calls to her office were overwhelmingly positive with most residents saying this year's Christmas parade was the best in years...

Donations help fund Christmas toys for area underprivileged children By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff Every time Betty Payne wraps a toy she can't help thinking about what the expression on the little ones face will be like when they unwrap it on Christmas day...

Parks director , Board at odds over choice of baseball league By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff The choice of which youth baseball league the city will participate in will be left up to the next city council to decide...

Post Office gearing up for busy mailing season By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff It hasn't been as busy as it normally would be this time of year at the Trumann Post Office due to the cold weather...

By MARK RANDALL Democrat Sports Staff The Trumann Wildcats senior boys basketball team will tip off against Highland at 3 p.m. on Friday at the Arkansas State University Convocation Center in the opening round of the NEA Tournament...

Fire guts fertilizer storage building By MARK RANDALL Democrat News Staff A fire which broke out at Poinsett Fertilizer Co. Tuesday evening completely destroyed a fertilizer storage shed. Trumann Fire Department was called to 204 East Main Street around 6 p.m. and found the structure fully engulfed in flames...