Stories from Monday, October 26, 2015

County officials met in Harrisburg recently to give city updates during the quarterly Intergovernmental Council Meeting. In city updates, Harrisburg Mayor Randy Mills said in the last three months, a medical clinic, a new flower shop, and McDonald's have opened up. He said new apartments are going up, and several land developers are making plans for the city. Also, the veterans park in downtown will be dedicated on Veterans Day...

Joshua Waggoner, 33, of Trumann was arrested on Oct. 18 on suspicion of rape of a 12-year-old girl from Missouri two years ago. According to the report from Trumann Police Department, Lieutenant Lenny Becker was contacted in 2013 by the Stone County Sheriff's Office in Galena, Mo., regarding the sexual assault of a girl who was in Trumann during summer vacation visiting her dad. ...

Thanks to a grant and the help of East Poinsett County students, senior citizens in Tyronza are learning how to keep up with technology. The city of Tyronza received a $20,000 grant from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment Fund to improve digital literacy in the community. The money was used to provide computer equipment for the Tyronza Senior Center, and the city partnered with EPC High School to bring in students to teach senior citizens how to use the computers...

Will and Tiffany DeBoard, of Trumann, are the proud parents of their first child. Rozzilyn Faye DeBoard is the name chosen for their daughter born October 16, 2015 at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. She weighed six pounds eight ounces. The proud grandparents are Tamara and Jim Grady, Jeff and Kathy Jones and Rick and Debbie DeBoard. Great-grandparents are C. A. and Lola Jones and the Late Thomas and Faye Knight...

MARKED TREE - Ms. Susan Rochelle Bishop of Marked Tree passed away Oct. 15, 2015 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. at the age of 45. Ms. Bishop was born in Lepanto and lived her life in Marked Tree. Susan was Christian by faith, loved animals, and an avid fan of the New York Jets and professional wrestling. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sonia Duvall Bishop...

TRUMANN - Anne Jewel Peo, 87, of Trumann passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Anne was born on November 18, 1927 in the Harrisburg area to the late Harry and Alma Hunt Pippinger. Anne worked in Michigan City, Ind., and after her retirement she moved back to the Trumann area to be near her family. ...

TRUMANN - Miss Faith June McCoy, 61, of Trumann died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Faith June McCoy was just 4 days shy of 62 years old when she was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on October 21, 2015. Faith was a beautiful soul who was proud to be a Christian and she loved the Lord above all else. Cherished and loved by all who knew her, Faith was an incredible prayer warrior and a devoted friend to everyone she knew...

HARRISBURG - Mrs. Juil Mae Britton Stevens of Harrisburg died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 93. Mrs. Stevens was born Monday, May 15, 1922 in Trumann and had lived the last 45 years in Harrisburg and was formerly of Marked Tree. ...