Stories from Thursday, March 24, 2016

Trumann (5-3, 4-0) scored eight runs in the top of the first inning on their way to an 18-9 win the opening game of a 4A-3 conference twin-bill this past Thursday in Harrisburg. Trumann took the second game with a 13-0 shutout. Cade Gartman reached on an error and stole second base to get in scoring position for Trumann. ...

Marked Tree gave up six runs in the top of the seventh as the Lady Warriors took an 8-3 win in the opening round of the Bearcat Blast red division tournament this past Friday in Jonesboro. Westside got a one out walk in the top of the first before Harley Daniels struck out the next two batters. ...

Harrisburg could muster only two hits and one run off Lady Wildcat Lexi Jackson as Harrisburg lost 5-1 in the semi-finals of the Bearcat Blast red division tournament this past Saturday at Southside Softball Complex in Jonesboro. Harrisburg got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first. ...

Nolan Smith just finished up basketball season as a member of the back to back 1A state champion Bay Yellowjackets. But when we sat down to talk baseball, his eyes lit up. "I love basketball and love to play the game, but baseball edges it out as my favorite sport," Smith said with a hint of a smile on his face...

Trumann finished their run through the red division of the Bearcat Blast with a 7-1 win over conference foe Westside to capture the championship trophy this past Saturday in Jonesboro. Trumann only allowed two runs in their four wins. Lexi Jackson grounded out to start the game for Trumann as Olivia Greenwell got an infield single. ...

Mammoth Spring showed up ready to play and apparently Bay did not as the Bears used 14 hits and several Yellowjacket errors to post a 22-2 win this past Monday in high school baseball action in Bay. The Bears took the early 2-0 lead after the top of the first inning. ...

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (ASHTD) has released a draft of its five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for public review. The report lists 16 projects for Poinsett County, most of which are system preservation projects. ...

Trumann Police responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of vandalism at the concession stand at Cedar Park's ball field. Trumann Parks and Recreation Director Scott Shankle said he has been trying to rebuild the ball field to get it ready for tee-ball and coach pitch in April. "I knew it was going to be a project," Shankle said. "It's a very sentimental field with a lot of history. I didn't want to shut it down."...

Trumann's Arbor Day observance took place Monday morning with the planting of two trees in front of the Sims-Talbot Adult Education/Workforce Development Center. Representatives from the Arkansas Forestry Commission joined Trumann department heads, members of the tree board, representatives from Columbia Forest Products, the mayor, and other citizens to take part in the tree planting. Chris Pfieffer, a ranger with the Arkansas Forestry Commission, headed up the tree planting...

Mr. Thomas Dean "Tom" Fuller, Jr., of Trumann died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the family residence at the age of 57. Mr. Fuller was born in Troy, Ohio, and had lived in Trumann for the past two years. He was a superintendent for the Schueck Steel Company in Osceola, veteran of the United State Army and of the Protestant faith. Mr. Fuller was the son of the late Thomas D. Fuller Sr. and Clara W. Root Fuller...

Mr. Pat Ryan of Trumann died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the family residence at the age of 82. Mr. Ryan was born Dec. 1, 1933, and is a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a contractor, a veteran of U.S. Army and Korean War and a member of Blessed Sacrament in Jonesboro. Mr. Ryan was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Rebel Ann Ryan, three sisters, three brothers and his parents, Stephen and Clara Heckman Ryan...

Mr. Charles E. Smith, Sr., 86, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 86. Mr. Smith was born Sept. 1, 1929, in Lepanto, and lived the last 51 years in Mountain Home, Ind. He was a retired Staff Sergeant for U.S. ...

Mr. Floyd Ray "Flookie" Walton of Trumann died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 77. He was born May 31, 1938, and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He owned and operated Walton's Liquor and Flookie's Bait Shop in Trumann for many years. ...