Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Harrisburg could not find an answer for the Hoxie offense this past Friday as Hoxie jumped out a 46-6 lead at halftime and that ended up being the final score this past Friday at Jordan's Stadium. Harrisburg got the ball first and went three and out punting the ball to Hoxie. ...

Trumann beats Westside 29-7 in junior high football action.

The Trumann Lady Wildcats and Junior Lady Wildcats volleyball teams both won their matches this past Monday at Pocahontas. The Junior Lady Wildcats won 20-25, 25-20, 16-14 as Jaci Osment was 10-10 serving with six aces while adding six digs. Macey Powell had eight digs and three kills, Marybeth Penter had eight digs, Jaelyn Craig was four for four serving with five kills, six digs and five assists as Falon Falls had four kills. ...

You've probably already seen the reminders of the upcoming deadline for property taxes. But Why does it matter? Property taxes affect your county, but failure to pay them? That affects your own finances. Let's talk about it. Your local county government uses that income to pay for … well, everything. ...

Five single parent students were presented scholarship award checks by the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Poinsett County this past Friday at the campus of ASUN-Marked Tree. Receiving scholarships were Shalonda Garner, Shawanda Anderson, Shaniqua Monk, Adam Patterson and Harden Daniels. ...

Mrs. Patricia Jean Lowery, 71 of Harrisburg departed this life on Friday, September 25, 2020, at the family residence. She was born April 4, 1949 in San Pedro, Calif. and lived in Harrisburg for the past 50 years. She was a substitute teacher, she loved her grandchildren, western movies, the school kids and loved watching hummingbirds. ...

Students on the Chancellor’s and Dean’s Lists for summer 2020 at Arkansas State University have been announced. The lists recognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade point averages while enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours of study. The Chancellor’s List (designated as CL) includes students who earned a grade point average of 3.80 to 4.0 for summer classes. The Dean’s List (DL) includes students with a grade point average of 3.6 to 3.79...

The Poinsett County Board of Election Commissioners has announced that Logic and Accuracy Testing (L&A) will be performed on the voting equipment and media that will be used during the upcoming November 3 General Election (and Annual School Election for the Harrisburg School District) beginning on October 1 (or as soon as possible thereafter) and a public meeting to demonstrate and test the same will be held on Monday, October 12, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. ...

Trumann received an Urban and Community Forestry grant to plant trees in Cedar Park. “It is a matching grant and we will plant probably in November,” Trumann Mayor Barbara Lewallen said. Involved with the Tree City Board are: Bob Sowell, Chairman Garey Martin, Kay Cook, Bart Faulkner, Barbara Lewallen and Scotty Jones...

The Trumann School Board held their regular board meeting and their Annual Report to the Public Meeting on September 14. Board member Anthony Patterson was absent. In new business, Anthony Patterson was appointed by the board as ASBA representative for the annual ASBA Conference in December, Superintendent Brandie Williams reported to the board that the Equity Compliance report has been submitted to DESE Standards for Accreditation and the board approved the Minority of Teacher and Administrator Recruitment Plan. ...

Mrs. Tsutayo June Sato Mills of Trumann departed this life Monday, September 21, 2020 at St. Elizabeth’s Place in Jonesboro at the age of 94 years and 7 months. She was born Sunday, February 21, 1926 in Fukuoka, Japan and lived most of her life in Trumann. She was a homemaker and a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Mills was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Mills...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will gather information about farm economics and production practices from soybean producers across Arkansas, as part of the 2020 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)...