Stories from Thursday, November 21, 2019

Harrisburg (7-4) played a great first half as they were tied at 7 at halftime. The second half was a different story as Atkins outscored the Hornets 28-14 to take a 35-21 win in the opening round of the Class 3A state football playoffs at Atkins. The Red Devils got the ball first and wasted little time as they drove down field for a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead with 8:22 left. ...

The Marked Tree Indians opened their basketball season with a 82-62 win over Pangburn this past Tuesday night in Marked Tree. Israel Malone recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists. Brennon Honeycutt led the team in scoring with 23 points, BJ Marshall finished with 19 points as Itavious Nesbitt added 16 points. ...

A nine point output in the fourth quarter dashed any hopes of Trumann getting a win in the Lady Wildcats season opening 77-60 loss to Harding Academy. The Lady Wildcats had cut a 10 point at halftime to five at the end of three quarters of play. Harding Academy jumped out a 5-0 lead before Caroline Morgan netted a three-pointer to make it 5-3. ...

Early voting for the December 3rd Annual School Runoff Election for the Harrisburg School District will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the Poinsett County Annex Building located at 110 N. East Street, Harrisburg (across from the Courthouse). ...

Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce met for their monthly meeting this past Tuesday, November 19. Representative Dwight Tosh was in attendance and stood to speak at the beginning of the meeting. Tosh happily announced that the deadline to file for state representative was a week prior to the chamber meeting on, November 12, and Dwight Tosh will be running unopposed. ...

A public hearing will be held Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in the Harrisburg Municipal Courtroom to consider rezoning lost 13 and 14 in Block 5 of the Harrisburg Addition to the City of Harrisburg, Ark. Also know as 200 Peach Street. Following the pubic hearing, there will be a Planning and Zoning Committee meeting to consider rezoning property from R-MH to R-3...

Cori Hammond, East Facilitator at Harrisburg Elementary School, along with four fourth-grade students were the guest speakers at the Harrisburg Rotary Club's weekly meeting last Thursday. The students told about the recent projects they did. Kye Lindsey talked about the project of re-doing the elementary school playground. ...

The Arkansas State Highway Commission has approved a bid for improvements to a roadway in Crittenden & Poinsett Counties, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials. The purpose of this project is to resurface 13 miles of Interstate 555 between Interstate 55 and Highway 149, south of Tyronza...

Lepanto Elementary School held a tree planting ceremony early Tuesday morning on, November 19. Renae London, an instructor at Lepanto Elementary, applied for a grant which allowed five trees to be planted on the elementary school playground. This was made possible by the Shade Trees on Playgrounds (S.T.O.P) program through the Arkansas Forestry Division...

Marked Tree School Board met for their monthly meeting this past Monday, November 18. The school board invited John Kelly, the Director for Adult Education for ASU-Newport, to come and discuss an adult education program. The meeting began with reviewing financial statements from the previous month and minutes from the previous meeting. Both of which were accepted by the school board. The board then considered and approved a proposed budget of expenditures for the 2021-2022 school year...

David Lee Hopper, 32, of Tyronza, Ark. died November 12, 2019 at his home. He was a laborer for Tyronza Truck and Trailer. Mr. Hopper was born May 16, 1987 in Memphis, Tenn. to David Ronald Hopper and Dorothy Christine Manning. He was preceded in death by his father David Ronald Hopper, one brother Franklin Gene Lavoie...

Israel DeShane Porterfield, 38, a lifetime resident of Lunsford, died Friday, November 15, 2019, at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center. He was a member of the Lunsford Baptist Church. “Izzy” worked 15 years in the EMS field and was a Nationally Registered Paramedic. ...

Mr. Howard L. Luna of Trumann departed this life on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Walnut Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center at the age of 79 years, 10 months and 12 days. He was born Wednesday, January 3, 1940 in Trumann and was retired from Singer Maintenance department and attended the Viva Drive Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lola Jones Luna, two sisters, May Ann Burgess, Betty Beebe and was the son of the late L.K. and Beatrice Parrish Luna...