Stories from Wednesday, November 4, 2020

EPC (6-3, 5-0) downed rival Marked Tree 46-24 this past Friday night at Don Lovell Memorial Field to claim the 2A-3 football conference championship. The Warriors will host a first round playoff game in the Class 2A state football playoffs. The Indians (2-3, 1-2) will be on the road for their first round state playoff game...

Ronnie Jones, 50, of Trumann was arrested this past Friday at Simmons Bank in Jonesboro when he attempted to cash a stolen check in the amount of $360 at the drive through window. Jones, who is being held on a $20,000 cash only bond, admitted to stealing and forging 20 payroll checks for farm workers. ...

Hornets fall 28-12 to Piggott!!

East Poinsett County four-year starting quarterback Preston Rains was recently named the First Community Bank Scholar Athlete of the Week. Rains (6-2, 225; 280-pound power clean) completed 57% of his passes last fall for 1,796 yards and led EPC to their first conference championship since 2014...

Anita Dunn Waller, 61, of Southaven, Miss. died October 29, 2020 at Baptist Desoto in Southaven, Miss. She was a retired waitress and of the Pentecostal faith. Ms. Waller was born July 1, 1959 in Grant, Ala. to Ira and Joann McLaughlin Dunn. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Dennis Ray Waller, one daughter, LaShonda Elinburg and one sister, Shelby Dunn...

Harrisburg (4-2, 3-1) picked up a 3A-3 conference win this past Friday with a 33-14 road win win over Corning. Jacob Wallace led the Hornets on offense with 10 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown while catching two passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. ...

Mr. Billy Davis of Trumann departed this life on Saturday October 31, 2020 at the family residence at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 21 days. He was born Saturday, April 10, 1954 in Trumann. Billy was a retired fork lift driver for Roach Manufacturing, of the Baptist faith, devoted for better or worse Razorback fan (Woo Pig Sooie!!), an avid animal lover and a 1972 graduate of Trumann High School. ...

Doris Virginia Williams, 80, of Trumann died October 30, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She worked in housekeeping and was of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Williams was born March 29, 1940 in Lepanto to Greeley and Gracie Taylor Guin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Theresa Davis; two brothers, Harold Guin and Kenneth Guin and one sister Dorothy Hall...

Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder says that Poinsett County will soon be a part of the 2nd Judicial Drug Task Force. During a meeting of the task force this past Friday in Jonesboro, Molder made the request to Corey Seats, Craighead County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney...

Kerri Sue Smith of Trumann departed this life on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Quail Run Nursing Home in Trumann at the age of 58 years, three months and 29 days. She was born Saturday, June 30, 1962 in and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a retired factory worker and a member of McCormick Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her mother and step father, Stanley and Peggy Owens, two brothers, Billy Owens and Scotty Dobbins and grandparents...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is taking applications from youth hunters who would like to participate in a special muzzleloader deer hunt December12 and 13 in the Ozark Isle Park/Dry Run area on Bull Shoals Lake. Eight permits will be issued to hunter education graduates 15 years old and under...

Tommy O'Neal McIntare, Sr., 73, of Tyronza died October 28, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a retired mechanic, a member of Upper Room Apostolic Church, Sunday School Superintendent/Deacon of Church and an Army Vietnam Veteran. ...

The Trumann School Board met on October 12 in their regularly scheduled meeting and accepted the resignation of a teacher and voted to make two new hires. The board accepted the resignation of Trumann Elementary School teacher Joe Derrick Hinds effective October 19, 2020. ...

From what I’ve seen it looks like another bumper crop of acorns this year. With the acorns just starting to fall now is the time to be on the lookout for signs of acorn poisoning. When forage is scarce, cattle will often search for alternative food sources, and in Arkansas where cattle are often grazed on pastures that contain oak timber, cattle producers need to be extra cautious...