Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Mack Rhoads, 87, of Marked Tree, Ark. departed this life Thursday, April 16, 2020. He was born on October 18, 1932 to Andy and Tom Dodson Rhoads. He attended college at Arkansas State University, served his country in The Naval Reserves, was a retired farmer and driver for Roadway Trucking. His passion was restoring antique furniture and numerous homes. He enjoyed a good auction, traveling, cooking, meeting and making new friends. Mack loved his family and friends, but most of all his daughters...

James Ronald Hall, 73, of Tyronza, Ark. died April 22, 2020 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was a mechanic and a US Army Veteran. Mr. Hall was born December 23, 1946 in Tyronza, Ark. to James Edward Hall and Lavada Counte Hall. He was preceded in death by his father James Edward Hall, two brothers Doug Hall and Gary Hall...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added six new COVID-19 symptoms to its online list. The expanded list brings the total number of symptoms to nine. Here are the six new symptoms: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell...

Governor Asa Hutchinson’s mandate that no more than 10 people can gather in a space, “that changes everything,” said David Thompson, owner of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. The Arkansas Funeral Association recommended that funeral directors keep the services to immediate family only, a directive Thompson’s funeral home has been following...

A Trumann man was being held Friday on a $250,000 cash bond after police say he shot a woman in the face during a domestic dispute. A Poinsett County District Court judge found probable cause to charge Denarius Chandler, 27, with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated residential burglary, first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, possession of marijuana less than four ounces and public intoxication...

Tyronza Mayor Charles Glover announced Monday that E.J. Roach will serve as the town’s new police chief. Roach, who had been working for the Lepanto Police Department, was hired on April 21 and officially began his duties this past Monday. He succeeds Tony Postell who resigned following his arrest on April 11 on suspicion of third-degree domestic battery in Trumann...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for awarding Arkansas Public Housing Agencies $4.7 million in funding to support the prevention, preparation and response to the coronavirus pandemic in public housing. “Providing these resources is necessary to supporting ongoing efforts to combat the coronavirus in Arkansas. These investments will protect the lives of vulnerable individuals in our state,” members said...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nate Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, announced today that over 3,000 people have tested positive and there have been 59 deaths of COVID-19. There are 1,084 active cases with Montgomery County added. There are 93 hospitalized, 18 on vents, 59 deaths (about 1/3 nursing home deaths), 1,249 recoveries, 340 healthcare workers infected and 219 nursing home residents/128 nursing home staff infected...

Many species of wildlife have their young in spring, and many well-meaning Arkansans regularly call the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to report young animals that look abandoned. But moving these animals can actually cause more harm than good. Most wildlife parents cannot be with their young nonstop. ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard the first reading of 100 changes to the AGFC Code of Regulations last Thursday.  Although concerns for the current coronavirus emergency prevented the normal formal meeting at one location, a teleconference was held and was made publicly available through the agency’s YouTube page and a special emergency proclamation was issued to carry forward with today’s meeting...

The Arkansas Department of Health reported on their website today that Poinsett County has had it's first death from COVID-19. The site shows there have been 19 positive cases with eight recoveries and one death. There have been 111 negative tests.