Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Poinsett County has yet to receive any concrete information regarding FEMA's Floodplain Modernization Plan and how that plan will affect the county. After a meeting last month in West Memphis, FEMA director Craig Fugate seemed to want to head back to the drawing board concerning the Northeast Arkansas area. ...

A youth girls fast-pitch softball Fall league is forming in Northeast Arkansas. The teams will included: ages eight & under-machine pitch; and 10 & under, as well as 12 & under live arm divisions. The league will begin in August and will play doubleheaders one night per week at the Trumann Sports Complex. ...

John and Abigail Adams wrote love letters while he served in the Continental Congress, including during his service on the Committee that was assigned to write the Declaration of Independence. Each letter has turned into a historical document, being somehow preserved after all of this time...

First of all I have to apologize for my ignorance. I was so shocked by Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP, that I completely forgot that his statement was a perfect example of what the Republican Party is all about. ...

bFlavonoids are plant nutrients that when consumed in the form of fruits and vegetables are non-toxic as well as potentially beneficial to the human body. It is what gives the flowers and fruits of plants their...

A packed room listened while members of the Marked Tree City Council heard the first reading of a new ordinance regarding animals within the city limits. Mayor Dixon Chandler reminded those in attendance that the council was just doing what was asked by the citizens. He noted a citizen approaching at the last meeting concerning having horses within the city limits...

The Trumann Community Food Pantry received a $1,500 grant through the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas to assist the food pantry in serving the Trumann community. ...

Stella Hollis of Trumann, turned 104 years young/old on July 3. She was born in 1906, in the small mountain community of Aly, Ark., near Mt.Ida, one of five children, living, as most did, what the majority of people today would think was a hard life. To her, though, it was a simple and loving life...