Stories from Thursday, May 18, 2017

MARKED TREE - Effie Mae Steen, 65, passed away at her home on May 12, 2017. She was a homemaker and a member of First Pentecostal Church in Lepanto. Ms. Steen is survived by one son Kenneth Douglas Wood of Manila; four daughters, Karen Rogers of Cullman, Ala., Barbara South of Manila, Gwendolyn Mae Wood of West Plains, Mo. ...

Harrisburg (18-11) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Crossett in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament last Thursday in Lonoke. The wheels came off for Harrisburg as the Lady Crossett Lady Eagles scored eight runs over the fourth and fifth innings on their way to an 11-3 win ending the Lady Hornets' season...

Trumann (21-12) could only muster three hits on the day as they lost 8-0 to Pottsville in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament last Thursday in Lonoke. The loss ended the Lady Wildcats' season. Pottsville used two Trumann errors to plate a run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead. ...

EPC (22-9) fell behind early and could never catch up as Rison ended the Lady Warriors' season with a 7-1 win this past Friday in the Class 2A state softball tournament in Lepanto. The Lady Wildcats used two errors, a hit and two walks to plate three runs in the the top of the first inning to take the early lead over EPC. ...

Bay (22-6) played toe to toe with top-ranked Woodlawn for five innings in a quarter-final match-up of the Class 1A state baseball tournament this past Saturday in Woodlawn. The Bears scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on their way to a 7-0 win over the Yellowjackets. The loss ended Bay's season...

Harrisburg and EPC battled in 10U action this past Tuesday in Harrisburg.

Lepanto Mayor Dale Dunlap told the city council Tuesday night that the project to replace the city's water lines was complete, and many council members agreed they had seen an improvement in the water quality. With the remainder of the money left over from the water line replacement, Dunlap said the city is planning to have some repairs to sewer lines made. Dunlap said the sewer lines had collapsed in a couple places. That project is currently in the bidding process...

Discussion at Monday night's Tyronza City Council meeting turned to digital radios as Alderman Tyler Permenter pointed out that they are the last city in the tri-city area that haven't gone digital yet. Because Tyronza's radios are not digital, they have trouble communicating with fire and police departments in nearby cities. ...

On Monday, the Marked Tree Post Office gave the food donated during the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to the Three Rivers Food Pantry. Volunteers with the food pantry picked up three large mail carts filled with donated items which had been collected by postal workers during the food drive last Saturday...