Stories from Friday, November 24, 2017

The city of Tyronza has a couple of events early next week. First up is a Christmas Tree Lighting/Christmas Caroling, set for 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, on the west cul-de-sac on the service road. There will be free hot chocolate and popcorn. The EPC Choir will be leading in the Christmas Caroling...

Several residents of 11th Street showed up to Marked Tree's November City Council meeting to voice concerns about a house they want deemed a public nuisance. Sherri Whitlow spoke to the council about the problems and presented them with a packet on nuisance abatement, which was put together by a Hot Springs police officer when they instituted the program in 2003...

The Trumann City Council voted to uphold their previous vote to condemn a house at 522 Maple but did extend the day it will take effect to Nov. 27 to allow the residents of the house to remove their belongs. Sally Trost asked for another 30 days to repair the property but was denied due to not fulfilling the matters that were set previously by they council. ...

After 46 years in the newspaper business, Poinsett County Democrat Tribune publishers Ron and Nancy Kemp have retired. The Kemps originally began serving as publishers of the Tri-City Tribune and the Trumann Democrat in 1999 and merged them into the Poinsett County Democrat Tribune in 2009...