Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2022

On Wednesday December 22, 2021, Joan Cannon passed away at the age of 73. She was the daughter of Martha Ann and Landis V. Cannon. Joan was born in Memphis, Tenn. On October 12, 1948, and grew up in Marked Tree. After graduating from Marked Tree High School, she attended Ouachita Baptist College, earning a BA in History...

Gertrude S. Coulter, 94 of West Memphis, passed away on January 5, 2022. Ms. Coulter was born on March 15, 1927 in Memphis, Tenn. to Roy Thomas Shapard, Sr. and Gertrude Plumlee Shapard. She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Ashley, sons, Jimmy and David Coulter, nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren...

Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) and regional high schools worked together to produce the seventh “Inspired” exhibition, which opens with a public reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13. Bradbury Art Museum is in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr., on the campus of Arkansas State University...

Becker promoted to captain

In a game most thought would be a one-side affair, a big four quarter by Blytheville (14-4, 5-0) gave the Chickasaws a 43-32 win over Trumann (3-11, 0-5) this past Friday at Wildcat Gym. Blytheville jumped out to a 7-0 as Camron Jones hit two free throws before Shamar Marshall and Rashaud Marshall had back to back stick backs. ...

Jaron Burrow scored 26 points to lead BIC (17-5) to a 66-65 win over Ridgefield Christian in basketball action this past Friday in Monette. The Mustangs trailed 32-29 at halftime and 43-41 after three. Nicholas Patterson added 12 points and Caden Whitehead finished with 11 points for BIC. Sadie McDonald poured in 26 points to lead Manila (17-1, 6-0) to a 50-29 win over Piggott in 3A-3 conference action this past Saturday in Piggott. The Lady Lions led 26-13 at halftime. Olivia May added 10 points for the Lady Lions. Manila (11-6, 5-1) picked up a 3A-3 conference win by beating Piggott 53-32 this past Saturday in Piggott. The Lions led 20-16 at the half and 47-26 after three quarters of play. Brayden Nunnally led in scoring with 17 points as Jake Baltimore netted 14 points for the Lions.

The Trumann School Board met on December 20 with board members Anthony Patterson and Revis Kemper absent from the meeting. The board heard from Attorney Rebecca Worsham about the possibility of pursuing legal action against ACE Sign Company regarding the ongoing trouble/problems with the Jumbotron/Videoboard at RMC Stadium. The board then had a closed suspended expulsion hearing. The board approved to suspend the expulsion of the student for the Spring Semester of the 2021-2022 school year...