Stories from Thursday, October 3, 2019

The EPC (3-1, 1-0) football team visited Rector Friday night as both squads began 2A-3 conference play. Spoiling the mood for the Cougars' homecoming, the Warriors erased a 10-point fourth quarter deficit en route to a 30-26 win. Winning the pregame coin toss, the Warriors got the football first and put together a strong drive, kept alive by a fourth down scramble by quarterback Preston Rains. ...

Harrisburg (4-0, 1-0) stayed unbeaten on the season with a 45-13 win this past Friday at Corning. James Pender rushed for 100 yards on 12 carries with a touchdown as Jacob Wallace added 95 yards on 19 carries with a touchdown. Samuel Moore completed six of nine passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns as Ross Heeb had four catches for 78 yards and a touchdown. ...

Trumann traveled to Harrisburg last Thursday and got another three game sweep of the Lady Hornets, 25-13, 25-10 and 25-16, in 3A East volleyball action at the Hornets' Nest. Chloe Morgan scored the first point of the game with a kill for Harrisburg only to see Jayda Halfacre get a kill for Trumann to make it 1-1. ...

Marked Tree's (1-3, 1-0) defense came up with a big stop on the final play of the game to hold on for a 52-50 win over Cross County this past Friday at Don Lovell Memorial Field in Marked Tree. The teams combined for 78 points in the first half before the defenses settled down with only 24 total points scored in the second half...

Arkansas State University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter is hosting a five-kilometer walk/run on Saturday, October 5, at Craighead Forest Park. PRSSA is a pre-professional organization that allows A-State students to network with the top public relations practitioners, industry leaders and other peers from around the world. ...

East Poinsett County School Board held their monthly meeting in Lepanto this past Thursday, September 26. The meeting was brief and saw the school board discuss a new bus purchase and make several statements of assurance. The meeting began with the approval of minutes from the, August 12, meeting. The school board then approved financial statements from August. The 2019-2020 budget and federal budget was also considered and approved by the school board...

Trumann Policy Committee met on September 19 to discuss ordinances which will be voted on by city council at the next city council meeting. The purpose of this policy committee meeting is to look over and possibly revise the proposed ordinances. The first ordinance discussed was the privileged license ordinance. ...