Stories from Friday, October 23, 2009

Whitlee Malone was crowned EPC's Homecoming queen Friday. She was escorted by her father, Timothy Malone, at the pre-game ceremony Friday evening. Jana Malone is her mother. (Democrat Tribune photo / Miranda Remaklus)...

Conservatives had a bad time last week, and I loved every minute of it. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch. First of all, last Sunday a member of the Obama Administration came in CNN's Reliable Sources to say that, as far as they are conserned, FOX News is the communication branch of the Republican Party. ...

October marks many holidays. The 12th was Columbus Day, the 17th was Sweetest Day and the 31st is Halloween. But did you know that this Saturday, Oct. 24 is United Nations Day? Do you know what United Nations Day is? Many people do not know why we celebrate this day...

Today I'm doing what they tell you not to do during the approaching flu season. I'm at work sick. I have a sore throat, stuffy nose and fever among other things. But, the paper has to come out some way, right?...

CARAWAY - Leavie Owen Brickell Jr., 67, passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born February 7, 1942 in Poinsett County to the late Leavie and Nellie Brickell Sr. He was a pharmaceutical rep with the Pfizer Company for...

TRUMANN - Joe Floyd McAuliffe, Sr., 81, of Trumann, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He worked for Crane Company for 29 years (retiring as superintendent), was a former supervisor for Parker Hannifin and was an avid fisherman. ...

Melvin Presley 75, of Shorewood, Ill. passed away at his home Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 after a short illness. Hospice was in attendance at the time of his death. He was born in Bay, but had lived in Illinois for the past 49 years...

"I thought we played real hard," said Wildkitten coach Nick Richardson. "We preached all week that it was a must win for us, but we turned the ball over too much and you just can't do that and win and junior high."...

The Junior Indians (2-4-1) used five fumble recoveries and the combined rushing of 331 yards by Darius Ivy and Chris Montague to throttle Brookland last Thursday night at Brookland, 24-12...

East Poinsett County's junior high school football team didn't have a very good showing last Thursday night against McCrory. According to EPCJH coach Josh Hill, the team lost 32-6 to McCrory Junior High School...

At first, it didn't look as if the junior Hornets were going to be able to add to their three game winning streak when traveled to Cave City last week to take on the junior Cavemen. They found themselves down 14-0 before they even had a chance to touch the ball offensively...

For 46:03 of the game Friday night between Marked Tree and Salem, the Indians were either tied or ahead of the Greyhounds. A last minute trick double pass, however, broke the Indians' hearts as they left Salem on the short end of a 20-16 score...

A blocked punt leading to a touchdown is quite a way to start off a successful homecoming. And that is exactly what EPC did against Rector on the way to a 22-8 final last Friday night at Lepanto...

Trumann notched their second win of the season against five losses when they traveled up to Pocahontas last Friday night and won a scoring fest 42-26 in 4A-3 conference football. "We played with some real good effort," It seemed like everything kind of came together Friday night. We've been waiting on that. We knew our kids had it in them."...

It was one of those nights.......for Corning, that is. They weren't exactly world beaters to begin with as they were still waiting for their first win of the season. It was going to have to come at the hands of someone other than Harrisburg, however...

Marked Tree Schools Superintendent Anessa Thompson presented the district's annual report to the public Monday. Thompson said goals for this year have been to build the capacity of the staff through professional development and ongoing education. ...

The Harrisburg city council met last Tuesday night, Oct. 13 in regular session. Among the business handled in the relative short meeting was Resolution 2009-04 which will continue the collection of taxes by the county for the city at the present rates. The motion was passed unanimously...

A 30 year-old Payneway man is facing charges in connection with the alleged forgery of over 40 separate checks, amounting to in excess of $18,000. On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Marked Tree Police Detective Jeremy Bond arrested Johnny Eaton, 30, of Payneway, for 24 counts of second-degree forgery and 24 counts of theft of property...

Even though not a part of the Trumann City Council's regular business, the highlight of the October meeting last Tuesday night was the honoring of Edward "Shorty" Hargrove for his service to the city of Trumann and to Poinsett County...

The Poinsett County Intergovernmental Council met at Tyronza with Alan McVey of the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development Tuesday, Oct. 13 to discuss ways they can work together and strengthen the community...