Stories from Friday, June 30, 2017

This month, the Harrisburg City Council approved a resolution giving a group the okay to build a medical marijuana cultivation facility should they be awarded a permit by the state. Harrisburg Mayor Randy Mills said a representative with Southeastern Medical Solutions spoke to the council and that council support was unanimous. "We're supporting it," he said...

Chuck Long, a 27-year member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), was on hand last Wednesday to teach a little Arkansas history at the Trumann Lions Club's weekly meeting. Long has been in the Education Department for AGFC since 1998. Long gave out a sheet with dates and events and had the members try to match the events and dates up. ...

Marked Tree Police Department's first female officer, Jennifer Witherspoon, started work Monday. "I'm excited," Witherspoon said. "I'm ready to get started, get out there, and get on the road." Witherspoon said her end goal is to be an Arkansas Game and Fish game warden, and part of the requirements for that involves having at least two years experience in law enforcement or military. ...

The Wrays, who farm near Payneway, have been named the 2017 Farm Family of the Year for both Poinsett County and the Northeast Arkansas District. Eddie and Annette Wray have four children, the youngest of which, James, works on the farm with them. The others are Jamie, Stephen, and Ashley. The Wrays went from farming 1,300 acres their first year to farming 5,000 acres today with soybeans making up a little over half those acres. They also farm cotton, rice, and corn...