Stories from Friday, January 15, 2016

The Trumann city council's first meeting of new year was business as usual. Two houses, one that is condemned and the other that is about to be condemned, were the two most discussed items of the night. The council heard a resolution to condemn the property at 308 Park due to it being unsightly and unsafe. ...

January's Marked Tree City Council meeting Monday night was one of many close votes. In the continuing discussion regarding Carver Gym, the council approved putting out bids for an engineer thanks to a tie-breaking vote from the mayor. The night's discussion on Carver Gym began with Carver Gym committee member Louis Bailey urging the council to make a decision so the committee can move forward on getting donations and hard numbers to help. ...

Poinsett County Sheriff Larry Mills gave the Trumann Lions Club a review of Poinsett County jail for 2015 at the club's first meeting of the year. Club president Sandy Teague asked those in attendance three questions to see if anybody knew the answers: How long has Mills been sheriff? Who was his last opponent? Who was the last sheriff before Mills? Several offered guesses, and Teague told the group Mills would give the answers...