Stories from Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Marked Tree Rotary Club is looking forward to the year ahead, and with a new rotary year are coming some changes to the club. While the club is still going strong with community projects--such as lighting the Welcome to Marked Tree sign or putting picnic tables at the sports complex, which they are currently working on--the club has struggled with membership over the past year...

JONESBORO -- As excitement and enthusiasm escalate for the upcoming grand opening of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Saturday, Aug. 16, fans are encouraged to purchase tickets as soon as possible. Timed tours of the Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess are offered on the hour, from 11 a.m. ...

The Marked Tree Siphons are a unique engineering feat and a historical landmark in Poinsett County. And no one knows more about the Siphons than Wayne Hinds, manager of Drainage District 7, where he has worked for 47 years. According to Hinds, the Drainage District was formed in 1917 by Act 193 of the General Assembly. ...

Local residents have fun playing co-ed softball.