Stories from Thursday, April 5, 2018

TRUMANN - Mrs. Dorothy C. Helton, 84, departed this life Sunday, April 1, 2018 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark. She was born Sunday, April 30, 1933 in Tupelo, Miss., to the late Luther Lee and Dovie Ann Duvall-Parker Hand and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. William Martin King departed this life Monday, April 2, 2018 at the family residence in Trumann. He was born in Eugene, Ore. and had lived in Trumann for the past 17 years. Mr. King was a welder and a mechanic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilburn and Linda Sue Campbell King....

Many parents are trying to live the dream through their sons and daughters – the dream of landing a college athletic scholarship by specializing in a sport year-round. Unfortunately, most of these dreams are never realized. The odds of a sports scholarship paying for even a portion of a student’s college education are miniscule...

Harrisburg jumped out to a 10-0 lead after two innings and never looked back on their way to an 18-3 win over the Indians this past Friday in Marked Tree. The Hornets plated two runs in the top of the first as Dylan Mathis grounded out before Hayden Creecy singled. ...

Arkansas State falls to Louisiana-Layfette this past Saturday.

Champions crowned in 8U, 10U and 12U pre-season baseball tournaments.

Having to make a change from being a defensive specialist to a scorer, Bay's Sarah Blackman had no trouble making that change. The senior, who helped lead the Lady Yellowjackets to a 31-7 record advancing to the quarter-final round of the Class 1A state basketball tournament, was selected as a member of the 1A all-state basketball team. ...

Manila threatened to score in the top of the first as a double and single put runners at the corners before Meagan Allen struck out the next batters to leave the runners stranded. Keragan Gordon popped out leading off for EPC as Allen struck out. Madison Wiggins reached on an error only to be left stranded as Emili Mangrum watched strike three go by keeping the game scoreless after one. ...