Stories from Thursday, July 7, 2022

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named truck driver Gregory Coleman from Marked Tree a Highway Angel for rescuing a woman who jumped off an Alabama bridge in the middle of the night. Coleman drives for Decker Truck Lines from Ft. Dodge, Iowa...

There will be a commodity distribution in Poinsett County on Wednesday, July 13 from 9:00 a.m. to noon or until food is gone. This will be a drive-thru distribution. There will be three locations for pick-up: Marked Tree Fire Station, 102 Liberty; Trumann Sports Complex, 16179 Pecan Grove Road, Tyronza City Hall, 143 S. ...

Tyrell Andrews of Marked Tree, a student at Arkansas State University, returned home from the national Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference with two awards he earned during the organization’s national competition. Andrews, a second-year student in the Master of Arts in political science program along with Rachel Washam of Jonesboro, a second-year doctoral student in environmental science (and graduate in business and MBA alumna, and Kristina Garlington, a senior economics pre-law major from Bryant (eStem Public Charter School), won ninth place in emerging business issues.. ...

Poinsett County Veteran Service Officer Terry Long retires.

The Harrisburg School Board met in special session for their end of the year meeting on June 29 in the Central Office Board Room. All board members were presents for the meeting. The board went into executive session from 5:15 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. Upon returning to open session, the board made the following decision. ...

Williams Baptist University has released the names of students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2022 spring semester. The President’s List includes those full-time students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, while the Dean’s List consists of those with at least a 3.5 GPA. Williams is a private, Christian university in Walnut Ridge...

Trumann working to improve tennis courts and parks in city.

Vaughn Ford Sales in Marked Tree wins award.

Traveling is no fun with a cat or dog that gets car sick. Most pets will outgrow car sickness, but some never are that lucky. A short trip to the vet or a long trip can be a stressful jaunt for your cat or dog. Feeding a ginger-snap cookie before the drive works well for many dogs. Some dogs or cats do better if they can see out of the window, while others like to be in a crate with limited vision. You just need to see what works best for your fur kid...

Fireworks light up the sky in Trumann.

Several students from the NEA Town Courier/Poinsett County Democrat Tribune area were honored by colleges that included Arkansas State University, ASU-Newport Ouachita Baptist University, Southeast Missouri State University and Sam Houston State University...

The 2022 Wild Duck Festival will be held Friday afternoon on October 7 and on Saturday October 8. There will be a parade, attractions, crafts, food, entertainment and charity bingo. To rent a booth call 870-483-5424 or email info@trumannchamber.org...

Arkansas homeowners relying on Mother Nature to water the lawn likely have crunchy, brown grass. Sparse rainfall so far this year means all of Arkansas was covered by some level of drought, and according to Thursday’s U.S. Drought Monitor map, more than a third of the state is in extreme drought...

The temperatures are on the rise again, we did catch a break for a few days. It is time to start taking a closer look at your garden. I hope that everyone’s garden started well and has continued to progress through these hot last couple of weeks. It has been a dry month and that set some of us back unless we stayed on top of watering quite often while temperatures soared into the high upper 90’s...

Lake Poinsett State Park has announced dates for events that will take place through the month of July. Most of the events are free to the public. Mammal Furs will take place on Saturday July 16 from 1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Mammals are found all over Arkansas and come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. ...