Stories from Friday, November 29, 2013

A convicted felon shot by a Trumann police officer faces multiple felony charges in connection with the Oct. 22 incident. Jacob A. Brown, 22, of Trumann was arrested on suspicion of and charged with four counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by certain persons, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, fleeing, simultaneous possession drugs and firearms, and criminal trespass according to Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson...

Arkansas State (7-4, 5-1 Sun Belt) got back to back scores from their defense and teams to start the third quarter before denying Georgia State (0-11, 0-6) to score the tying two-point conversion as Arkansas State held on for a 35-33 win over the Panthers this past Saturday at Liberty Bank Stadium...

Four periods of play wasn't enough to crown a winner as Marked Tree and Rector had to play an extra four minute to produce a winner. The Lady Indians outscored the Lady Cougars 9-4 to post a 53-48 2A-3 conference win last Thursday in Marked Tree. Marked Tree jumped out to an 8-0 lead as Kambria Marshall, Jay Perry and Dez Reel all had a basket with Lexi Perry knocking down two free throws with just over four minutes to play. ...

The Hazen Hornets made their second trip to Lepanto this past Friday. The first was in week three of the regular season, the second was the second round of the Class 2A state football playoffs. The result was the same as EPC used another strong defensive performance to post a 34-14 win and advance to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs...