Stories from Friday, January 13, 2017

Renovation, community engagement, and beautification were among the top goals mayors had for 2017. In Trumann, many of Mayor Barbara Lewallen's goals for the year involved renovation projects using bond money and working on long range projects. She said the renovation of the water tower at Industrial Park should begin in the Spring. ...

New Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder is working on bringing some technological updates to the sheriff's office. He said he wants to be transparent and very open with the public about what's going, and the coming changes will be part of that. As part of that effort, a new Facebook page has been launched, and a new website will be up later in January. ...

The Tyronza City Council handled two main items of business Tuesday night, one of which was passing the 2017 budget. The budget included a two percent raise for all city employees. There was some discussion over whether or not the city could afford to give a two percent raise given how tight the General Fund is, but Mayor Charles Glover realized he forgot to include the Act 833 money which will be used for utilities for the fire department. ...

Tom Rhoads addressed the Marked Tree City Council Monday night about several issues including city council pay, the sports complex, and a burned out property. Last month, Alderman Cleo Johnson, Jr., had asked about raising the council's pay, but a vote failed with two council members absent. ...

The Trumann City Council voted unanimously to purchase a new fire truck for the Trumann Fire Department Tuesday night. The new fire truck will be specially made for the needs of the city, with space for medical items to be carried, as the department answers several medical calls yearly. ...

Area mayors met with each other in Trumann Tuesday to give updates on their cities and discuss future plans. County Judge Bob Cantrell said plans for the county include building a new equipment shed at the county shop along with a new wash rack and pump house. ...

Trumann (6-9) played a close first half against Marmaduke but a strong third quarter by the Lady Greyhounds spelled doom for the Lady Wildcats as they fell 58-32 last Wednesday at the Kell Classic in Swifton. The teams traded baskets early in the first quarter as Marmaduke opened with a three-pointer, Star Simmons scored inside for the Lady Wildcats, the Lady Greyhounds made two free throws with Zaria McGuire hitting a jumper for Trumann to make the score 5-4 Marmaduke. ...

Harrisburg (8-8) stayed closed with Highland for the first half before the Lady Rebels slowly pulled away in the second half to take a 55-46 over the Lady Hornets in the Kell Classic last Thursday in Swifton. Harrisburg to back to back baskets from Cassie Armstrong and Kelly Curtis to start the game before Highland converted a conventional three-point play to make the score 4-3 Lady Hornets. ...

Four quarters wasn't enough to decide a winner as Trumann (4-8) and Marmaduke had to go overtime to find a winner in quarter-final play at the Kell Classic in Swifton this past Thursday. The Greyhounds outscored Trumann 6-1 in overtime to take a 76-71 win over the Wildcats...

Harrisburg (8-8) got off to a slow start getting outscored 21-5 in the opening quarter and could never recover as the Hornets fell 65-57 to Pangburn this past Saturday in one semi-final game of the Kell Classic in Swifton. Pangburn scored the first seven points of the game before Gatlin Greeno got inside for a Harrisburg basket to make 7-2 Tigers. ...

Colby Malone scored 13 points to lead four players in double figures as Marked Tree beat Earle 65-48 this past Tuesday in Marked Tree. Nick Andrews, Markel Perry-Washington and Paul Coleman all added 10 points each for the Indians. Earle won the junior high game 48-23...