Stories from Friday, July 15, 2016

The Marked Tree City Council took care of several business items during their regular meeting Monday night, including allowing the food pantry access to a room in the armory with refrigeration access. Connie Huff, who runs the food pantry along with her husband Jim, spoke to the council about getting the extra room. ...

The Trumann City Council voted to adopt an ordinance that will allow Trumann EMS (TEMS) to exclusively provide ambulance service to the city of Trumann. TEMS owner Dale Parker spoke to the council and pointed out that all other ambulance services that have opened for business in Trumann have ended up leaving. ...

County and city officials met Tuesday in Lepanto for their quarterly Intergovernmental Council Meeting to talk about what was going on around the county. County Judge Bob Cantrell said one of his office's big projects at the moment is working on the courthouse. ...