Stories from Friday, August 24, 2018

Filing for municipal candidates ended Friday, Aug. 17. Below is a list of all who have filed, including Marked Tree candidates who filed in May. The 2018 general election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Trumann Mayor: Barbara Lewallen (incumbent), Sheila Walters, Gary Hill, Keith Blasingame, and Debbie Cook...

In 2017, the state legislature passed a bill which requires all students take the Civics portion of the naturalization test used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services before they can receive their diploma or high school equivalency diploma. The new law goes into effect this year, and Mary Juhas, a retired teacher who now works in adult education at the ASUN Trumann campus, spoke to the Trumann Lions Club last week to explain the test...

The Marked Tree School Board attended a literacy workshop last week to learn about the district's new reading curriculum. During the workshop, Kim Wilkins, who has been working with the district around ten years, explained the reading process, the curriculum, and curriculum supplements the district is hoping to get through a grant...