Stories from Friday, March 4, 2022

The Poinsett County Judge position is drawing the most interest for the upcoming election. Six candidates have put their name in the hat in hopes of getting the vote. Those running for the judge position include: John K. Hutchison, Robert Hervey, Jr., Louis Jones, Sr. and Bobby New, all of Harrisburg and J.C. Carter and Billy Pilgrim, both of Marked Tree...

Harrisburg School District art students honored at state capitol.

Marked Tree (1-15) showed a glimpse of the future as the Lady Indians played mostly ninth-graders in their 61-42 loss to Norfork in the 1A Region 2 girls' tournament this past Saturday at Hillcrest High School in Strawberry. Norfork jumped out to an 8-0 lead before Alesia Rand scored inside and Zyonna Anderson hit one of two free throws to make it 8-3 Lady Panthers with 4:03 left. ...

Trumann (12-13) scored 13 points in the first half trailing by 23 points at the half as the Lady Wildcats could not overcome the deficit losing to Lonoke 66-51 in the opening round of the 4A East Region tournament this past Sunday in Highland. The teams traded baskets early in the game with Chelsy Jones hitting a base line jumper after a Lonoke score and Kayde Jones scoring in paint after a jumper from the Lady Jackrabbits to make 4-4. ...

Marked Tree (25-1) jumped out to 13-0 lead and never looked back at the Indians beat Concord 82-31 this past Saturday in the opening round of the 1A Region 2 tournament in Strawberry. Willie Marshall got Marked Tree on the board with one of two free throws before Donny Childs, Jr. ...

The Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce has set the time and date for its Annual Meeting and Banquet for 6:00 p.m., Monday, March 7 at the Trumann Wildcat Center at 1200 Cedar Park Street The chamber invites everyone to join them as they celebrate 2021's successes for their chamber members, honor award winners and celebrate the Trumann business community. ...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce that 49 Arkansas entities achieved recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of their commitments to effective urban forest management in 2021. Trumann was chosen as one of those entities and was awarded the title Tree City USA...

State Representative Johnny Rye presents flags to Trumann.

Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land announced that his office will auction tax-delinquent land in Poinsett County on Wednesday, March 16, at 2 p.m. The auction will be held at the Poinsett County Courthouse in Harrisburg, with registration beginning at 1:30 p.m...

Marked Tree School District honored.

Building fire extinguished by Trumann Fire Department.

(Via ABC Rural By Tanya Murphy) I found this very interesting article on using guinea pigs for weed control and wanted to share this article with my readers. A Far North Queensland farmer is trialing guinea pigs to control weeds on his farm and he says besides being absolutely adorable, they are also "extremely effective"...