Stories from Friday, December 6, 2013

Checkerboard Fine Gifts in Trumann hosted their 17th Annual Open House on Sunday, Dec. 1. Owner Tina Adams-Middleton said about 150 were present at the event. Middleton and her husband, Kevin, treated customers to samples of their gourmet food products and a sale...

EPC opened the game with a three-pointer and that would be their only lead of the night as the Marked Tree Lady Indians opened a 13 point lead after the opening period on their way to a 68-43 2A-3 conference win last Monday in Marked Tree. Alyson Phillips drained a three-pointer from the left wing to open the scoring and give EPC an early 3-0 lead with 7:10 left in the opening period. ...

The Ladies of EPC are ready to spread some holiday cheer. They have kicked off the holiday season by taking part in adopting an angel through The Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program. Angel tree matches donors with children from qualified families unable to provide gifts and clothing to their children during the holidays. For many donors, the personal connection to a child in the community has become a special tradition...

The year 2013 has been successful and progressive for the city of Trumann, according to Mayor Sheila Walters. She shared some of the successes the city has experienced, many dealing with the beautification and development of Trumann. "Our city has been very fortunate. While other cities have had financial hardships, the city of Trumann has remained financially stable," Walters said...

The Marked Tree City Council elected Jobi Teague as the new city attorney in the November monthly meeting. Teague was sworn in Friday, Nov. 22. His first day working for the city in court was Thursday, Nov. 26. "I know all of these people, and I know their backgrounds," Teague said. "I'm inclined to really do a good job."...

Trumann came out on fire and Bay looked like the young team they are falling behind 26-15 at the half. The second half Bay looked like the Yellowjackets of old as they outscored Trumann 11-3 in the third period on their way to a 47-38 win over the Wildcats...

EPC (12-1) had the ball twice inside the Bearden 20-yard line and twice inside the 10-yard line but couldn't come away with points as the Bears ended the Warriors season with a 14-0 win in the quarterfinal round of the Class 2A state football playoffs in Lepanto this past Friday...

Trumann pulled away from Bay late in the first period and never looked back as the Lady Wildcats posted a 63-33 win over the Lady Yellowjackets in the opening round of the girls Pre-Holiday tournament this past Monday in Bay. The teams played pretty evenly for the first five and a half minutes with neither team going up by more that two. ...