Stories from Monday, May 15, 2017

Three Bay pitchers combined for a one-hit 10-0 shutout of Norfork on a windy day this past Friday in the opening round of the 1A-2 regional tournament in Armorel. The Yellowjackets came back on Saturday to beat Viola 5-1 to reach the finals and extend their winning streak to 15 games. In the fourth meeting of the season with the Tigers, all games decided by one run, Bay had their winning streak stopped as Armorel downed the 'Jackets 13-2...

Bay (6-13) had a 6-3 lead over Izard County Consolidated (ICC) after three innings only to see the Lady Cougars score five in the fourth to go up 8-6 and then nine in the sixth holding Bay scoreless to beat the Lady Yellowjackets 17-6 to end their season...

EPC (22-8) couldn’t rebound from a three run sixth from Marmaduke (27-4) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Lady Greyhounds posted a 7-4 win over the Lady Warriors this past Monday in Palestine to claim the title for the second year in a row...

Kayla Moore of Harrisburg signed her letter of intent to cheer for University of the Ozarks.

The old saying it's hard to beat a team three times in the same year proved true this past Monday in Trumann as the Lady Wildcats beat Harrisburg 3-0 in the consolation game of the 4A-East regional softball tournament. Harrisburg had beaten Trumann in the regular season and in the district finals...

The Trumann City Council got a two-thirds vote to approve an ordinance to regulate the use of tobacco products on city-owned properties. Eight "yes" votes were cast with one "no" vote and one councilman being absent. The council had to first table the old ordinance that was due for its second reading to allow for the new ordinance to introduced. ...

An ordinance requiring property be kept free of tall grass, garbage, and other unsightly conditions--which failed to pass at April's Marked Tree City Council Meeting two weeks ago--was passed by a 7-1 vote Monday night. Last month, Aldermen Danny Johnson and Cleo Johnson had taken issue with the fines because the railroad does not keep their property mowed. ...

After 38 years with the Marked Tree School system, the impact Superintendent Annesa Thompson has had on the community was evident during a retirement luncheon hosted for her Saturday by the Marked Tree Historical Society. Thompson started her career teaching Science and served as Assistant Principal and Principal before serving as Superintendent for the last eight years...