Stories from Thursday, April 21, 2022

The Trumann City Council met in regular session April 12 inside the courtroom at the Trumann Police Station. Council member Brett Parker was absent from the meeting. In committee reports, Jason Stewart, Chairperson for the Budget Committee reported that the committee did meet to discuss the costs for rebuilding the fire station. Stewart hopes to have completed plans soon from the engineer and will be able to ask for bids...

The Harrisburg School Board met in regular session Monday, April 11, 2022 in the Central Office Board Room. All board members were present for the meeting. In new business, Nacole Geniesse, Michelle King, Landon Bates and Gina Chitwood gave a presentation on the Guiding Collation and the PLC process. ...

Senior BJ Marshall of Marked Tree was named to the Class 1A all-state basketball team after helping lead the Indians to a 28-2 record winning conference and regional titles before falling in the second round of the state playoffs. Marshall averaged 20.2 points, six rebounds and three steals per game while shooting 82% from the free throw line and 70% behind the three-point line. ...

The College of Education and Behavioral Science at Arkansas State University recognized four outstanding graduating students from the NEA Town Courier/Poinsett County Democrat Tribune area for the 2021-22 academic year. The departmental awards are presented to the graduate in each degree program who has most excelled in scholarship, leadership and service to the department...

The Trumann School Board held a special meeting on March 31 at the board room at Trumann Middle School. All board members were present for the meeting. The first item on the agenda was an expulsion hearing with the parents requesting a closed hearing. ...

With spring almost here ticks are ready to attack our pets. Many people talk about seed ticks. What are Seed Ticks - First-stage tick larvae are often called seed ticks. They hatch from egg clusters and then immediately start looking for a host for a blood meal...

Home gardening is a great way to get fresh produce and in many cases an excellent way to get out of the house and relax after work. Now if it would just quit raining and dry up some, we’ll be able to get back the tillers back running. April is one of the best months to plant, since you can basically plant every crop. ...

EPC (19-1) beat Trumann (6-11) 15-0 in a battle of Poinsett County softball teams this past Thursday in Trumann. Terrin Powell walked leading off the game for EPC before stealing second base. Kelly Ann Lucas grounded out as Keegan McCorkle drew a walk and was replaced by courtesy runner CeCe Reel. ...

Harrisburg Food Giant takes title.