Stories from Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Patrolman David Davison of the Trumann Police Department was one of 37 officers who successfully completed Basic Police Training Course 2021-A at the BRTC Law Enforcement Training Academy in Pocahontas. The Basic Police Training program is a course of study consisting of 593 hours of classroom and lab experience as accredited by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST). ...

Marked Tree (15-3) used a seven run third inning to break open a 1-0 game on their way to a 10-0 win over Rector (11-7) in high school baseball action this past Monday in Marked Tree. Brylan Honeycutt allowed a lead-off single only to redeem himself with a pick-off to end the bottom half of the first inning. ...

Gretchen Morgan, Anna Walker and Emma Adams each had two RBIs as Harrisburg beat Jonesboro 12-1 this past Monday in high school softball. Kloey Harlson had three hits for the Lady Hornets as Kendyll Grissom, Anna Claire Tracy and Morgan had two hits each. Destiny McGuire, Jesslyn Carpino, Morgan and Tracy all scored two runs each. Harlson got the win going all six innings while allowing one run on three hits with 15 strikeouts...

The thought of a four day school week just doesn’t seem feasible to the four schools in Poinsett County. After an area school announced that their school board would discuss the issues at their next school board meeting, the PCDT reached out to the superintendents of the county schools for their responses...

Harrisburg School Board met in regular session Monday, April 12, 2021 in the Central Office board room. All school board members were present. The board went into executive session at 5:12 p.m. and returned at 7:21 p.m. The board approved the following, to hire John Grayson as the Army Instructor for the Harrisburg JR ROTC program, Jordan Hicks (Maintenance/Groundskeeper) be terminated as an employee of the Harrisburg School District, hire Tucker Beakely as a part time maintenance and grounds keeper, hire Paula Wright, full time, working as a custodian, bus monitor, and additionally helping with other District needs, rehire Teressa Loughary, Betty Caughron, James Williams, Walter Jackson, Karen Duncan, Jeremy Williams, Bill Lowry, Paul Peters, Twila Chatman, Jimmy Carter, Adam Timze, Daniel Howton, and Radius Baker as bus drivers and to rehire the following bus monitors: Don Lovell, Eddie Correa, Gail Costner, Holly Rolland, Lester Armstrong, Pula Wright, Renee Williams, Stephanie Camp, Cheryl Williams, and Samantha Russell. ...

Tomatoes are easy to grow, and just a few plants will usually provide more than enough at harvest for most families. According to the U.S Department of Agriculture, four out of five people prefer tomatoes over any other homegrown vegetable. Today 95 percent of all American gardeners grow tomatoes; they are the most popular garden vegetable in Arkansas. Tomatoes rank number one in terms of their contribution of nutrients to the American diet...

The Trumann School District School Board held their regularly scheduled meeting on March 8 with all board members being present. In new business, the board approved the Policy Updates for sections 3 and 8 as recommended by ASBA and TSD Licensed and Classified Personnel Policy Committees, approved the purchase of a 77 passenger school bus (low bid), approved the purchase of 300 TI-84 Graphing Calculators for the high school math students (classwork and assessments) from EAI Education (lowest quote), approved the purchase of directional signage without metal posts and Pre-K signage not to exceed $15,000.00 over what we already spent with the approved vendor, approved payment to Steiling Architecture for architectural fees for TMS Gym Systems Replacement project, approved the purchase of document cameras (TES) from CDW-G (TIPS/TAPS vendor) and approved the purchase of iStation online learning program (TES/TMS).. ...