Stories from Friday, September 6, 2019

A record-tying performance by Omar Bayless was not quite enough to move Arkansas State past SMU on Saturday night at Centennial Bank Stadium, as the Red Wolves (0-1) dropped a tough 37-30 decision to the Mustangs (1-0) in the season opener for both teams...

The Trumann Junior Lady Wildcats fell behind early in the third set and could never catch up losing the set 15-8 to give the Junior Lady Falcons the win. The teams split the first two game with CRA winning set one 25-22 and Trumann taking set two 25-22...

Trumann and CRA had a four game battle this past Thursday in high school volleyball with the Lady Wildcats coming out on top with a 25-21, 20-25, 25-18, 25-15 win over the Lady Falcons. CRA got out to an early 2-1 lead before the Lady Wildcats reeled off five straight points include two kills by Isabella Davis and a service ace by Anna Lebo to take an 6-2 lead. ...

The Trumann Fire Department had a pretty busy month of August. Here is a breakdown of the calls the department answered. Two calls were answered on August 1 with one being a medical call and the other for an electrical line shorting out, August 2 had two calls for a fire alarm and an un-lock call as August 3 had five calls consisting of two lift assists, two medical calls and a medical emergency call. ...

Representative Dwight Tosh of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was awarded the 2019 Statesman Award by Family Council Action Committee. Representative Tosh received the award for making an A on the 2019 Family Council Action Committee legislative report card. Recipients of this award are recognized for their votes during the 92nd General Assembly on the 25 bills in the report card. Representative Tosh received his award Tuesday, August 27, 2019...

State Representative Johnny Rye has announced his bid for re-election to House District 54. Rye is serving his second term representing the district, which includes parts of Poinsett and Mississippi Counties. Rye serves on the Joint Performance Review Committee, the House Public Transportation Committee, the House City, County & Local Affairs Committee, and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee...