Stories from Friday, February 7, 2014

Ice storm restoration update Jonesboro, Ark. -- February. 7, 2014 (6:30 a.m.) -- As Craighead Electric enters the home stretch of its ice storm restoration efforts approximately 400 members remain without electric service. The remaining scattered outages are in Marked Tree, Lake Poinsett area, southeast of Harrisburg, Highway 149 to Earle and southeast of Earle. (A crew deployment sheet will be available mid morning)...

As part of ASU-Newport's Black History Month observances, Dr. Lonnie Williams will speak on his book, Remembrances in Black: Personal Perspectives of the African-American Experience at the University of Arkansas 1940s-2000s. Williams will speak on ASUN's Marked Tree campus Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 11:30 a.m., and on ASUN's Jonesboro campus Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 12:30 p.m...

The city of Trumann mourned as Fire Chief Rick Winkles was laid to rest Saturday, Feb. 1. Community members and firefighters lined Highway 463 for the funeral procession. Fire trucks and law enforcement from all over the state followed an antique fire truck carrying the late chief's casket by the firehouse one last time on its way to Marked Tree Cemetery...