Stories from Friday, April 10, 2015

From April 13 to 19 law enforcement personnel will be using a combination of traditional and innovative strategies to crack down on motorists who text while driving. This effort is a part of the national "U Drive. U Text. U Pay." high-visibility enforcement campaign that combines intense enforcement of anti-texting laws with advertising and media outreach to let people know about the enforcement and convince them to obey the law...

Marked Tree committed nine errors in the field as the Rebels took advantage of the miscues to beat the Indians 12-4 in 2A-3 baseball action this past Monday in Marked Tree. Riverside scored five runs it the top half of the first as Marked Tree committed four errors. ...

Trumann (9-2, 8-2 4A-3) took a 4A-3 conference doubleheader from Highland this past Tuesday winning the opener 9-3 before taking an 8-3 win in the late game. The Lady Wildcats fell behind early in the opener as the Lady Rebels scored three runs of Hannah Craig to take a 3-0 lead. ...

Trumann (4-10, 2-4 4A-3) rattled the bats and were swift on the base paths as they beat Highland 13-3 in the opening game this past Tuesday in Highland. The Wildcats scored two runs in the top of the first to take an early 2-0 lead. Cade Gartman, Bradlee McAnally and Taylor Wilson all singled with Wilson's hit scoring Gartman. ...