Stories from Saturday, December 25, 2021

School's first wrestling win.

EPC (2-5) had five players score in double digits, led by Omar McCuiston's 18 points, as the Warriors- held on to beat Cedar Ridge 74-70 on the opening day of the 74th Annual NEA Invitational Tournament being played in Jonesboro. Tyrus Reel scored the first points for the Warriors with a three-pointer to make it 3-2 EPC early as Josh Gilmore's three-ball a little later made it 6-6 with 5:54 left. ...

Harrisburg freshman Emerson Kerby was recently named to the Class 4A All-State volleyball team. Kerby also earned all-state tournament team honors. Emerson finished the season with 37 kills while serving 92% from the line with 47 aces. She also had 390 assists and 229 digs. ...

Members of the Poinsett County Road Department and Harrisburg Street Department were joined by county and city elected officials for an appreciation luncheon at the Harrisburg Community Center on Thursday. The meal provided by Poinsett County Extension staff was in recognition of the contributions made to complete phase I of the Main Street Learning Park...

Rep. Johnny Rye receives award.

The Harrisburg School Board met in regular session last Monda in the Central Office Board Room. All members were present for the meeting. In new business, the council voted to approve the resolution for the 2022 facilities master plan. The resolution passed unanimously. The board also approved to use Blue Sky as presented for the districts new phone service provider, approved the technology level 1 salary schedule as presented and approved the updated stipend schedule as presented...

The winter meeting schedule dates for various agriculture groups has been set for 2022. The rice-soybean division will have a production meeting on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to noon with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. In the Rice Festival building in Weiner. ...

Due to storm relief efforts, the Trumann community Christmas dinner will be at the Wildcat Center (old Cedar Park elementary cafeteria) 1200 Cedar St., 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Day.

I found this wonderful article on how to prepare your home for your new pet on Chewy.com. and wanted to share these tips with you. Make sure you have the right dog food. Your pup will need dog food right away. Find out what your new dog has been eating and decide if you want to continue that food or start transitioning them to a new food. ...

Chaplain Alan McClung receives honor.

The Trumann City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, December 14 at courtroom on Melton Avenue. The following members were not at the meeting: Hollie Stevens, Dwight England and Donnie England. In Committee Reports, the only committee to meet was the Budget Committee. Council member Jason Stewart, Chairman, stated they approved the 2021 amended budget as well as the 2022 Proposed Budget...

Several area teams played in the 74th Annual NEA Invitational Tournament this year. Here are the results from the games played this past Monday. Trumann's Lady Wildcats handed Newport a 50-40 loss as Nygeria Jones led Trumann with 12 points as Tonia Barned added 10 points. Hadley Fagan and Chelsy Jones each had nine points for the Lady Wildcats. Trumann led 11-6 after one, 20-16 at halftime and 35-29 after three quarters...

Trumann helps during Christmas time.

Harrisburg ran into a buzz saw this past Wednesday in their opening round game of the NEA Invitational Tournament as they lost to Cave City 61-33. The game was close the first six minutes of the game as Carly Casebier hit two free throws to give The Lady Hornets the early 2-0 lead. ...