Stories from Friday, August 25, 2017

The Marked Tree School District held their annual public meeting Monday prior to their August School Board meeting. During the meeting, Superintendent Matt Wright said enrollment was currently at 525 students K-12. He said that since 2011, the district's building fund--which was started by previous Superintendent Annesa Thompson--has been built up to $522,767. ...

Craig Allen, coach of the 4H-Shooting Sports team, was the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club's last Wednesday. Allen said the program as 14 kids, and they field two senior high and one junior high team. The kids are from all over the county, and they have two events at the state level. ...

A Poinsett County Sheriff's deputy and a Marked Tree Police officer both received Life Saving Awards during a ceremony at the sheriff's office Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff Kevin Molder and Marked Tree Police Chief Michael Matlock presented the awards to Deputy E.J. Roach and Officer Tommy Hampton for their actions responding to a one-car rollover on July 27...