Stories from Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Wally Lage, vice president and chief operating officer of Rust Communications, died Thursday night, Aug. 19, in Maine, after slipping off a wharf. He was 66. Rust Communications is the parent company of the Poinsett County Democrat-Tribune, as well as a number of other newspapers in Arkansas and around the country...

Week after week goes by when not much happens, and I have to wrack my brain for a subject. This past week was just the opposite. Too much happened. Most important, we pulled our combat troops out of Iraq. ...

Alzheimer's disease is a subject very dear to my heart. My great grandmother, Cassie Nancy Spears Guin (1878-1947) and second cousin, Dorothy Guin Hall (1940-2010) died with this mysterious, debilitating plaque. I want to learn everything possible about this cruel illness...

The suspect in last weekend's shooting was found dead in his jail cell at the Poinsett County Detention Center early Friday morning. Michael R. Knight, 50, was found deceased around 3 a.m. ...

On August 13, Officer Bobby New and Deputy Moore went to the residence of Michael and Heather Graves at 4637 Hwy. 1 S. to conduct a probation search. "When we arrived, I went to the rear door and Deputy Moore made contact at the front door," said Officer New. "As I was standing outside the back door, Dennis ran into the kitchen and then toward the back door."...

Harrisburg Mayor Donald "Buzzy" Faulkner was arrested early Friday morning for second-offense driving while intoxicated and careless driving. According to a report by Poinsett County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Moore, Faulkner. ...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects at Marked Tree Elementary cost less than previously anticipated. MT Superintendent Annesa Thompson said the restroom renovation and HVAC projects that were going to be completed using ARRA funds were less costly than previously anticipated. The restroom project was $4,681 less and the HVAC project was $13,941 less than projected...

TRUMANN -- Mrs. Jane Huss Vaughn, 72, of Trumann, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the family residence. She was born in Craighead County, had lived in Trumann the past four years, and was formerly of Mantachee, MS. ...

Edith Odell Loyd, 88, of Marked Tree, AR, passed away Saturday August 21, 2010 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, AR. Ms. Loyd was a member of Marked Tree First Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, John C. ...

TRUMANN - Miss Katherine "Kat" McElyea, 77, of Trumann, died Saturday, August 21, 2010 in Trumann, AR. She was born in Mississippi County, and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Miss McElyea was a homemaker and a faithful member of Calvary Pentecostal Church in Trumann. ...

Michael Ray Knight, 50, of Tyronza, passed away Friday, August 20, 2010. He was in the auto-body industry and a member of Payneway Corner's Chapel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Adam Knightand one brother, Steven Knight. Michael was born September 19, 1959, in Lepanto. ...