Stories from Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Marked Tree Indians began their first campaign under new head coach Cody Wallis Friday night, traveling to Piggott and dropping a 28-7 non-conference decision to the Mohawks. The Indians kicked-off to begin the first contest of the year, and took advantage of a Piggott turnover a short time later as they recovered a Mohawk fumble. ...

EPC (1-0) fell 24-0 to the McCrory Jaguars in the high school football opener for both schools at Warrior Field in Lepanto. McCrory got the fall first and was forced to punt after a short drive giving EPC the ball on their 19-yard line with 7:13 left for their first series. ...

Harrisburg downed Trumann 25-9, 25-17, 24-26, 25-16 topping their county rival in 4A-Northeast conference play. The Lady Hornets were led by Caroline Parker with 24 assists and 18 digs, Abby Wallace finished with 19 kills and eight blocks, Somer Carter had 24 digs, Allyson Grissom was 18-20 serving with four aces, Katie Faulkner was 23-23 serving and Taliyah Versie had nine kills...

Marked Tree (1-0) opened their junior high football season with a 24-0 win over Harrisubrg this past Thursday at Hornet Stadium in Harrisburg. Harrisburg received the ball first moving it down to the Marked Tree four yard line behind the running of Tayeshaun Warren. ...

The Marked Tree Police Department is currently raising funds to help Sgt. Jerry Lung with expenses following his loss of a leg to diabetes. Sgt. Lung has been with the department for over 20 years. According to Sgt. Tony Postell, Lung is currently in rehabilitation with therapy three days a week. Lung is expecting to get a prosthetic in 4-6 weeks...

Rotary District Governor Paul Ford visited the Marked Tree Rotary Club last week as guest speaker to talk about the district's goals for the coming year and the club's values. "I want to lend a sense of urgency to [the Rotary motto] 'Service Above Self,'" Ford said. "You're the only civic club in this community. You're the ones who provide civic engagement, along with the churches."...

Earnie Link was recently removed from his leadership position as chief of the Trumann Fire Department by Mayor Barbara Lewallen. Community members packed the courtroom during the city council meeting Tuesday night hoping for answers. But though the council met for over two hours in executive session to discuss the personnel issue, with Link being called in at one point to plead his case, they decided to take no action on the matter, and the community learned little about what was happening concerning Link.. ...

Too often, stories of good deeds get pushed out of the spotlight. But last week, Trumann was unexpectedly put on the map for something good, Police Chief Chad Henson told the Trumann City Council Tuesday. One of Trumann's officers, Sgt. Chad Mason, paid it forward with an act of kindness that went viral on Facebook...