Stories from Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Poinsett County Senior Networking Group held its first meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, with several representatives from healthcare agencies around the county. "We are really excited about starting the group. We want to be able to highlight and showcase facilities in Poinsett County," said Sherry Pearce, co-sponsor for the event and Community Outreach and Admissions Coordinator for Three Rivers Healthcare and Rehabilitation. ...

Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson released some of his prospective ideas for 2014 for the betterment of the Trumann community, including the idea to have a citizens training academy some time in the year. "The point of a citizens academy is to come into a classroom setting, and for one night a week teach all the fundamentals that we have in our profession and also to get feedback from those professionals about how we can interact together," Henson said...