Stories from Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Maggie C. Wirth, 88, of Lepanto died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, mother of eight children and life-long resident of Lepanto. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar L. Wirth and three daughters...

Junior C. "J.C." Lansdell, 79, of Trumann, died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Etowah and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was retired from the Kohn Bray Gas Company where he served as manager for 42 years...

Katie Jo Hollimon, 90, of Trumann, died January 21, 2010 at NEA Baptist hospital in Jonesboro. Hollimon was born in Gregory, AR to King and Dellie Lincoln. She was raised in a loving, big family and raised her own family with the same loving devotion. She was a member of New Rising Sun Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Brenda Jane Hicks "Mrs. B." Clem, 60, of Memphis died Saturday, January 23, 2010 in Memphis. Clem was born in Harrisburg and had lived in Memphis for 42 years moving there from Trumann. She was retired from the Semmes-Murphy Clinic having worked there 24 years and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Dustin Meadows, 16, of Trumann, died Monday night, January 18, 2010, from injuries sustained in a train-pedestrian accident in Trumann. Born in Jonesboro, Dustin lived in Black Oak, Monette and Jonesboro before moving to Trumann in 2001. ...

There's been sort of a debate going on for awhile about whether Congressional Republicans are willing to work with a Democratic President or are they going to oppose everything proposes just to make him look bad. ...

U.S. News and World Report has selected Marked Tree High School and Bentonville Schools as being among the two best in Arkansas, awarding each a Silver Medal. For the last two years, MTHS has received a silver medal from the internationally recognized publication. ...

'Gone With The Wind' is one of my favorite films of all time. So, of course, when my family decided to go to the Old Mill in Little Rock, I was very excited. The Old Mill was used in the opening scene of 'Gone With The Wind'. No one still knows for sure why the director chose that particular spot but it is the only remaining artifact still existing...

The Harrisburg Hornets weren't going to have their basketball homecoming festivities spoiled. Not even by the undefeated team in their conference. The Hornets beat the Manila Lions 56-54...

The last time the ladies of BIC and EPC met, EPC had a hard time containing BIC's Brittany Fowler. Holding Fowler to 27 points on her home court was a success for EPC as the Lady Warriors beat the Lady Mustangs 66-52 in Monette...