Stories from Thursday, September 17, 2009

Joe Wilson's mamma didn't raise him right. If she had, he would've known better than to yell that at the President during his speech Wednesday night. That's something you just don't do, even if it's true...

Alto, Fry's Mill and Wilbeth. This was all swampland. In the 1800's, the federal government made huge grants of land to railroad companies here and elsewhere to encourage them to open up the areas by building tracks and selling land to settlers. ...

When I first heard that Patrick Swayze died Monday night, I logged onto my Facebook account to put something about him on my status. And, not surprisingly, all the women my age were saying the same thing I thought. When I was a little girl, I wanted to marry Patrick Swayze...

Patsy Gosa Henry Chapin, passed away Sept. 10, at Grace Nursing Home in Cordova, Tenn., at the age of 67. Chapin was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. She leaves behind daughter Sandra Morales of Memphis, son, Michael Henry and wife Cathleen of Ft. ...

Mrs. Audrey Mildred Kelso, 92, of Trumann died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in West Plains, Mo., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired cafeteria worker for the Trumann Public School and a member of the Trumann Revival Center. ...

Poinsett County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Martin Lily of Jonesboro, presented his case Monday night before the Quorum Court that the prosecutor's office needs extra funding. The main issue at hand was the expenses of the office since the state pays his salary. He said his office is averaging four new felony cases per day with some 700 cases filed so far in 2009...

Tyronza police Chief Tony Turner had a busy afternoon last Thursday as he made the largest drug bust he had ever been able to seize in the city. The arrest was made at the home of Tony Brewington and Martina Linderman on Mullins Street in the city...

William Stanley can remember the name of every teacher he had during his school years. He's hoping students in the third grade will at least remember the name of their third grade teacher thanks to their new dictionaries. Stanley urged the students to write down the name of their teacher in the dictionaries they received from the members of the Marked Tree Rotary Club and to continue to use it for the rest of their school days...

The Junior Warriors got off to a good start against Augusta. They drove the ball well and mixed up their attack with a combination of passes and runs in the first half. But it was all downhill from there...

The Marked Tree Indians were dominate in winning the 2A-2 South conference title last Tuesday at the Grand Prairie Country Club at Hazen. Finishing with a team total of 225, their nearest competition was Hazen with 271. Weiner finished in fifth place with a 293...

The county's volleyball teams were in action last week with both squads coming away with wins. Trumann defeats Bay The Lady Wildcats (3-2) took on rival Bay last Thursday afternoon at Trumann and used 17 aces to come away with a victory, 25-11, 25-15, 25-11...

Hornets swamp Blue Devils to go 2-0 on season By DAN BRAWNER Democrat Tribune Sports Two weeks ago, quarterback Zach Davis throw only six passes in the Hornets 52-8 rout of Cross County. A performance not exactly one would expect from the player who passed for over 3000 last year in his sophomore season. Explanation -- the Harrisburg running back were on fire, so no need messing with a good thing...

Between untimely penalties and mishandled or bad snaps, the Harrisburg Junior Hornets couldn't get anything sustained last Thursday night when they hosted Highland. The result was that the Junior Rebels won handily 26-0 to make the Hornets 0-2 on the season...

Two evenly matched teams were on the field last Thursday when Marked Tree traveled to Cedar Ridge to take on the junior Timberwolves. The difficulty with which the junior Indians secured the 28-22 possibly helped his team relish the victory even more...

EPC qualified for the 2A regional tournament at Turkey Mountain in Horseshoe Bend by winning the 2A-3 north tournament last Wednesday at Sage Meadows in Jonesboro. The Warriors had a team score of 235 and were led by Martin Powell with a 76, Clay May who came in with a 79 and Brett James who was a stroke back at 80...

(Editors Note: This is the first installment in a three part series that will look back at Vaden Records and Trumann's role in the early days of Rockabilly music in the 1950s) Larry Donn Gillihan often wonders how his life would have turned out if he had said 'no thanks' to Arlen Vaden and not made a record that day in 1959 at KLCN in Blytheville...

The war between Marked Tree (0-2, 0-1) and EPC (2-0, 1-0) continued last Friday night at Lepanto with the Warriors ending the latest battle on top 28-14. "It was another typical Marked Tree and EPC game," said EPC coach Brian Weathers. It was hard fought on both sides of the football."...

Kick lifts Nettleton past Wildcats 25-24 By MARK RANDALL Democrat Tribune sports Greg White is becoming all too familiar with heartbreak at the hands of the Nettleton raiders. It's the one team that just seems to have his number -- and a low one at that...

It was one of those nights where nothing could go right for the Trumann Wildkittens. Missed tackles and some key turnovers sent Trumann to a 21-0 loss against Nettleton Thursday in Junior High football...