Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2020

An open enrollment charter school application has been submitted to the Arkansas Department of Education for Arkansas AgSTEM Academy. The proposed charter school is to be located in Weiner and will serve Northeast Arkansas students in grades 7-9 initially...

Patrolman Amy Kary of the Trumann Police Department and Deputy Garrett C. Woods of the Poinsett County Sheriff’s Department were two of 55 officers who successfully completed Basic Police Training Course 2020-A at the BRTC Law Enforcement Training Academy in Pocahontas, Arkansas...

A one vehicle wreck last Wednesday saw a six-year-old child airlifted to a Memphis hospital according to Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson. Emergency crews arrived to the Fleming Park area of town on Poinsett Avenue around 6:45 p.m. Upon arrival they found the child with a fractured femur and a skull injury...

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a lawsuit against Morningside Church Productions, Inc., which conducts business as The Jim Bakker Show, as well as Jim Bakker and Sherrill Sellman, for falsely telling Arkansas consumers that colloidal silver products would cure, eliminate, kill or deactivate COVID-19. The lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court under the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act...

The EPC School board met for their regularly scheduled meeting on June 8. Members present were Spencer Harston, J.P. Holiman, Keith Tyler, Robin Neal, Jeanne Glover and Daniel Nooner. Member Lisa Cavitt was absent. The minutes from the May meeting along with the May financial statements were approved before moving to new business...

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas announced it received a grant for $8,000 from Bayer Fund, which will be used to provide nutritious fruits and vegetables to families at risk of hunger. “Living in an agricultural state, many of us take for granted the access we have to fresh produce,” said Christie Jordan, CEO for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. ...

Mrs. Linda Kay Brooks, of Trumann departed this life on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the family residence at the age of 64 years, 9 months, 24 days. She was born Thursday, August 18, 1955 in Trumann and lived in the Trumann area her entire lifetime. She was a retired factory worker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Marked Tree. ...

Mrs. Mary Ellen Morelock of Jonesboro departed this life on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at the family residence at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 6 days. She was born Monday, July 12, 1937 in Florence, Ala. and lived in Jonesboro and was formerly of Trumann. She was retired from Delta Tool Box and a cook and of the Church of Christ faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin D. Morelock, Jr.; two grandsons, six brothers, five sisters and her parents, Clay and Lee Fraizer Bratton...

Andrew Dylan Schwarz of Weiner, a junior plant and soil science major, has been chosen as the latest recipient of the Jim & Betty Sloan Scholarship in the College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University. Schwarz plans to continue to work with his family's rice and soybean farm operation in Poinsett County and help pass it on to future generations. He is the son of Tony and Sandra Schwarz...

Wyatt Levin Boxley, 15, of Lepanto, Ark. departed this life on Friday, June 12, 2020. He was born on June 22, 2004 to Robert Wyatt Boxley and Laura Beth Simmons in Jonesboro, Ark. Wyatt was an 11th grade honor student at EPC and a member of the National Honor Society. ...

Poinsett County has had 53 active cases of COVID-19 with six cases still being active. There have been 44 recoveries, three deaths and 1,448 negative tests.