Stories from Monday, April 4, 2011

Mr. Don Martin, 76, of Trumann, died Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in Trumann and lived his lifetime there. He was a retired manager of Norgas, a car dealer and a maintenance supervisor...

Joel A. Price, M.D., of Fayetteville, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Washington Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 17, 1952, in Memphis, Tenn., to the late James Alfred Price and Ida Mae Holcomb Price...

Mary Catalina Stignani, 100 years, a longtime resident of Marked Tree, Ark., died March 22 at Primacy Parkway Health Care Center in Memphis. She was born at Sunnyside Plantation near Lake Village, Ark., to Augusto and...

Harrisburg Middle and High School students have the choice of two electives in their busy, sometimes grueling schedules. One choice that has recently become available as a selection is called EAST Lab...

The Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which helps fund food pantries and emergency food service programs in the county, is currently without funding...

Family and Consumer Science agent Sharon Lowery, from the University of Arkansas Extension Service, was the guest speaker last week at the Marked Tree Rotary Club meeting...

Jerry O'Roark, once a prolific Marked Tree resident currently living in Memphis, has written a book of illustrated and captioned memories called, "Junior Moments."...

Many residents of Marked Tree showed up for the Marked Tree Fire Department's chili supper last week. City Clerk Pam Wright said the money donated during the fundraiser will go toward a much-needed new stove, as well as a new refrigerator and kitchen utensils for the fire department. "We've had a lot of donations," Wright said. "I think we'll make it on this fundraiser alone. We're very proud of our firefighters."

Poinsett County assessor Johnny Rye Jr. recently gave an update on state legislation affecting the county, including some he has personally worked on and helped pass. Act 322 gives the state, and eventually counties, turnback money, Rye said...