Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2019

Harleigh Hamilton and Ethan Stewart were selected to attend the 2019 Arkansas DU Varsity camp. The campers come from all over the state and they are nominated by Ducks Unlimited volunteers from local chapters across the state. The Arkansas Varsity Conservation Camp is conducted by Arkansas Ducks Unlimited (DU). ...

Trumann dug a hole in the first quarter they couldn’t get out of as the Wildcats fell 61-49 to Tuckerman this past Thursday in the opening round of the 3A-3 Regional basketball tournament being played at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. The Wildcats end their season with a 17-10 record...

Israel Malone scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Marked Tree Indians beat Marmaduke 63-49 in the 2A North Regional tournament in Rector. The win clinches a spot in the 2A state basketball tournament next week in Carlisle. Brennon Honeycutt added 14 points, Jack Brown had 11 points and Itavious Nesbitt added 10 points. ...

Trumann built a 23 point lead by halftime before cruising to a 57-31 win over Riverview in opening round play of the 3A-3 Regional tournament last Wednesday in Trumann. The win gave the Lady Wildcats their first state tournament berth in 29 years. Caroline Morgan’s steal and layup gave Trumann the early 2-0 lead as Riverview scored the next five points to go up 5-2. ...

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University – in collaboration with UAMS, St. Bernards Medical Center and Arkansas State University – will host a free health screening in Marked Tree on Thursday, March 7. The event will be held from 4-7 p.m. at The Elm Lodge located at 206 Liberty Street. There is no cost for the screenings and no appointments are necessary. All ages are invited to attend and no insurance is required...

For the last five and a half months, the St. Francis Lake Association has been working on an indoor archery range, which had its grand opening Tuesday night. The indoor archery range is located on West Main Street in the old Singer Complex, right across the street from Victory Lighthouse Baptist Church. ...

Scott Shankle, owner of EA Sports Management, LCC, was the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club's weekly meeting last Wednesday at the Old Community House in Trumann. Shankle spoke a year ago as the city Sports Director and last week was speaking about his business. "Let me squash the rumor that the sports program was cut from the city," Shankle said...