Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2013

2012 saw its share of big stories in Poinsett County. The following are some of the top stories of the year. One of the biggest stories of the year was the capital murder conviction of Jerry Lard in the shooting death of Trumann police officer Jonathan Schmidt during a traffic stop on April 12, 2011. After the venue for the trial was moved to Greene County, so a panel of jurors who were less familiar with the details of the case could be sought, the trial continued for two weeks in late July...