Stories from Thursday, May 5, 2022

State Representatives Johnny Rye and Dwight Tosh and Senator Dave Wallae were recently honored.

Early voting for the May 24th Preferential Primary Election, Nonpartisan General Election and Annual School Election will begin at 8:00 a.m. Monday, May 9, 2022 at the Poinsett County Annex Building located at 110 N. East Street, Harrisburg (across from the Courthouse). ...

The Poinsett County Election Commission is announcing that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Vote Center location in Lepanto has been changed to the Lepanto Fire Station located at 728 Greenwood Avenue. Poinsett County is a Vote Center county and registered voters may vote at any of the following Vote Center locations during the upcoming March 24 Preferential Primary, Nonpartisan General and Annual School Elections: CALVARY BAPTIST LIFE CENTER, 503 S. ...

The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with Solution Tree, a national professional development provider, has selected the sixth cohort of schools for their ongoing program to develop and expand the Professional Learning Communities at Work® process across Arkansas. Marked Tree is one of 15 schools that were selected...

The Harrisburg School Board met in regular session Wednesday, April 27 in the Central Office Board Room. All board members were present for the meeting. The board went into Executive Session at 5:12 p.m. to and returned from session at 6:15 p.m. The following resignations were recommended by Superintendent Chris Ferrell and approved by the board. ...

Trumann student inducted into music fraternity.

The Honors College at Arkansas State University will host the 13th annual Honors Recognition Ceremony and Reception Friday, May 6, at 4 p.m. in the Cooper Alumni Center, 2600 Alumni Blvd. Three students from Poinsett County will be among the graduates...

Makred Tree home total loss in fire.

Minor injuries in wreck in Trumann.

This week one of my out of town friends called to ask me about their friends’ dog that was acting strange. It was a three-month-old Goldendoodle that had been playing in the yard with their other dog. After about 30 minutes in the yard the pup came in vomited and started acting weird. ...

Marked Tree (5-15) lost to Mammoth Spring 7-2 in one semi-final game this past Thursday in Lynn. The Lady Indians committed eight errors that led to five of the Lady Bears' runs. Marked Tree did qualify for the regional tournament that starts May 5 in Marked Tree with a 17-3 win over Maynard in the opening game...

Marked Tree (10-8) could only muster three hits against Hillcrest as the Indians lost 10-1 in the finals of the 1A-3 district tournament this past Thursday in Strawberry. Marked Tree will play in the regional tournament this week in Marked Tree. The Indians went down in order in the top of the first inning with Bryce Smith striking out and Aidan McGuire and Zander Criswell both grounding out. ...

Trumann 4 x 400 relay take district title.

EPC and Rector split their regular season games, each winning on their home field. The teams met again at Rector with the district title on the line. In true fashion, the game was a low scoring affair with EPC (25-2) getting the 2-1 win this Friday. Both teams will advance to play in the 2A North Region tournament starting Thursday in Carlisle...