Stories from Friday, July 17, 2015

According to the Craighead County Sheriff's Department, the search for 90-year-old Bay resident Lavinda Counce, who went missing July, became an murder investigation after her body was found Sunday. An unidentified volunteer found Counce's body at the edge of a cornfield on Craighead County Road 607 near Bay around 11:30 a.m. on July 12...

Some people seem to be natural born leaders. Anthony Patterson appears to be one of these types of individuals. Patterson currently serves as pastor of Healing Hands Community Church, the president of the Trumann School Board, and the Community Executive of Simmons Bank in Paragould. However, he has served in many other leadership roles in Trumann over the years...

The Marked Tree Rotary Club donated $1,260 to Susan G. Komen last week to go toward breast cancer research, screenings, and treatment. Jane McDaniel with Susan G. Komen Arkansas was presented with the check during the club's July meeting. The money was raised during last year's Peggy Bankston Walk/Run/Ride. The walk is done every year in honor of Peggy Bankston, a Rotarian who died of breast cancer in 2005. All the money raised by the walk goes toward Susan G. Komen as Bankston requested...

Trumann Mayor Barbara Lewallen spoke to the Trumann Lions Club last week about the upcoming special election. "First thing I'd like to say is: No Tax Increase," Mayor Lewallen said. "We have the opportunity to acquire two million dollars for much needed improvements in the city without raising the taxes."...