Stories from Friday, February 12, 2010

Despite a very valiant effort by Newport to come back, Richie Tharp and Steven Williams' 52 combined points were too much as the Trumann Wildcats beat the Greyhounds 72-67 at Trumann last Friday night...

Despite a slow start the EPC Warriors were able to pull away from Turrell with a 75-62 win. EPC's Ky Madden dropped the first two points of the game. Darius Barnes and Byron Ford followed up with a three pointer each...

That election that I was so excited about last week has gotten even better. Now John Boozeman, our token Republican Congressman, has decided to enter the primary to see who will oppose Blanche Lincoln in the fall. ...

If you were like me and only watched the Super Bowl for the commercials, well then you were in for quite a treat. Some of the famous and top commercials that aired this year may not have been the funniest like the past ones, but they were definitely memorable. Here are three of my favorites from this year's Super Bowl commercials...

Well this is the first one. The first one since I assumed the responsibilities of my predecessor Samantha. I'm talking about an editorial column, of course. Prior to this I concentrated primarily on sports and, appropriately, wrote sports columns. Now I'll be writing more generalized things....insightful things (I hope)...

Brandy Gardner, District Coordinator for the Poinsett County Conservation District, was awarded the 2009 Dana Cherry Award at the Arkansas Association of Conservation District State Meeting held in December in Eureka Springs...

With a wide array of topics to discuss, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel was the keynote speaker at the Trumann Chamber of Commerce banquet at Trumann High School Monday, Feb. 1. One of the first topics he addressed was the state's economy...

As in years past, a number of Trumann citizens were honored at the annual Trumann Chamber of Commerce Banquet Monday in the Trumann High School cafeteria. After 40 years of teaching at Cedar Park Elementary school, Carol Sexton is contemplating retirement. The Chamber honored her many years of hard work by naming her the Educator of the Year...

It was a night of good ol' Rock-n-Roll and memories at the Trumann Recreation Center last Saturday night. Over 500 people came to hear well-known artists such as headliners Sonny Burgess and the Legendary Pacers as well as others who recorded on Trumann's own Vaden Records including Chuck Comer, Larry Donn Gillihan, Teddy Redell, Joyce Lee Green and Bobby Brown...