Stories from Wednesday, June 9, 2010

If you haven't already made vacation plans I hear that all of the travel agencies are offering great deals on trips to the Gulf Coast. Worried about a little oil? No problem. Just slather the kids with Dawn dishwashing liquid before they dive into that glop they used to call the ocean...

I'm not a big fan of Oprah at all, so when the subject of realistic looking women being the advocates for modeling clothing came up; it was a must read! According to www.Oprah.com, there is a new Lane Bryant commercial causing some controversy. ...

TRUMANN- Mrs. Maedeen Davidson, 75, died Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at the family residence. She was born in Etowah, Ark., and had lived in the Trumann area her lifetime. Mrs. Davidson was a cafeteria worker at the Trumann schools and a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church/Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. ...

TRUMANN - James Macon McCarty, Jr., 82, of Trumann died Monday, May 31, 2010, at Skilcare Nursing Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Athens, Ala., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was retired from the Singer Co. ...

TRUMANN - Miss Kimberly Anne Smith, 36, died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Conway Regional Medical Center in Conway, Ark. She was born in Shreveport, LA, and was of the Assembly of God faith. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Roy and Josephine Jones and Lee Thomas Smith, and her great-grandmother, Mollie Humble...

LITTLE ROCK, AR- Department of Rural Services Director Butch Calhoun and Arkansas Rural Development Commission Chair Wayne Nichols presented $212,523.05 to 21 rural communities selected for Fiscal Year 2010 Cycle III funding through the Arkansas Rural Community Grant Program. ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR- Department of Rural Services Director Butch Calhoun and Arkansas Rural Development Commission Chair Wayne Nichols presented $212,523.05 to 21 rural communities selected for Fiscal Year 2010 Cycle III funding through the Arkansas Rural Community Grant Program. ...

Richie Tate's anxious wait was over by mid-afternoon Tuesday. With the 434th pick in the 14th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Marked Tree's Richie Tate...

American Legion baseball is back in Trumann. Trumann Legion Coach Steve Edwards has assembled a group of young men to restart the program in the city. Edwards said the team consists of young men from Trumann. He said there are 13 boys that are of freshman and sophomore age. He said Hunter Daniel and Trevor Dye are two new names to the squad...

The Trumann School called a special school board meeting on Thursday, June 3. The board went into executive session to discuss the hiring of several teachers for the upcoming school year. The board members made the decision to hire Kerri Box as the fourth grade elementary teacher, Teresa Brown as the Alternative Coordinator, Randy Johnson as the head coach for the High School Senior girls' basketball team and Corey Krenn as the mathematics teacher for the summer. ...

The attack ads are over... for now anyway. Runoff elections for United States Senate, the First Congressional District and several statewide offices were decided Tuesday night and the stage is set for the November general election...

HARRISBURG - A routine visit to his great-grandparents home ended in tragedy for a Harrisburg family last week. Christopher Crawford, 2, was visiting the Lake Poinsett home of Walter and Glenda Crump Friday afternoon when he apparently wandered into the lake which backs up to the property...

Christie Dunman, PEP coordinator for the Trumann School District, was the guest speaker at the June 2 meeting of the Trumann Lions Club. Dunman spoke about summer programs that are kicking off this week in the district including Camp Wildcat, Credit Recovery and Remediation. All programs are available to students free of charge as they are paid for via grant money...