Stories from Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Harrisburg School Board, on the recommendation of Superintendent Chris Ferrell, voted to allow the Harrisburg FFA to travel to National FFA Convention that will be held October 25-29 in Indianapolis, Indiana during the board's regular session on August 8...

Two Poinsett County Schools, EPC Elementary and Marked Tree Elementary, received grants from Ag for Austin for various projects in the school. EPC received $7,500 and Marked Tree received $5,875. “We look forward to seeing the completed projects by both schools,” Ag for Autism said in their release. The company said the grants were made available by their amazing sponsors. Members of Ritter Farms and Uncio Bank were on hand for the presentations...

The EHC Rice Buffet, conducted by the Poinsett County Extension Homemakers Council, will be held Thursday, September 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The Glissen Center inside Harrisburg First Baptist Church. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 7-12. Children six and under eat free. Carry outs will be available...

Zac Price was recently announced as Retail Market President for First Financial Bank in Harrisburg. Price has been a VP of Commercial Lending for FFB since 2020 in Harrisburg and will succeed Bill Elliott in his role as Retail Market President. Price received his BS in Finance from Arkansas State University in 2013. Additionally, he graduated from the LSU Graduate School of Banking in 2019...

During the Labor Day holiday, including the end of summertime and the busy Labor Day weekend, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working alongside the law enforcement community in Trumann Arkansas to decrease impaired driving. ...

The Trumann City Council gave approval for Trumann Fire Chief, City Engineer and Trumann Mayor Barbara Lewallen to proceed with seeking funding to rebuild Fire Station One that was heavily damaged in the December 10, 2020 tornado during the regular meeting of the council on August 8...

The Poinsett County Board of Election Commissioners has announced that there will be a public meeting on Sunday, August 28 at 3:00 p.m. in the conference area of the Poinsett County Annex Building for candidates to draw for their ballot positions for the upcoming General Election and Annual School Election. ...

Camille Dickey Timbs read her book, Rudy, My Rootin' Tootin' Rooster, to the Trumann Lions Club last Wednesday at their weekly meeting. Timbs' grand-daughter Finley, who is a character in the book, was on hand to help her. “I want to thank the Lions Club for the opportunity to be hear today. This club does so much for the city and it's greatly appreciated,” Timbs said...

Last year a friend told me a story about a small dog that had died from Water Intoxication. I was not familiar with this and did some research. Water intoxication occurs when the body takes in more water than it can handle. When this happens sodium levels outside the body cells are depleted and a condition called hyponatremia develops. ...

Loretta Lynn Collett, a level four sex offender, has moved cities for the second time in the last 10 days. Collett was living at the Days Inn in Wynne on August 4 but moved to Promised Land Road in Trumann on August 14. Arrested in 2012 while living in Trumann, Collett was charged with the following: Introduction of a controlled substance into the body of another person, transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct, kidnapping, engaging a child in sexually explicit conduct, incest, exposing a child to a chemical substance (methamphetamine), illegal use of a communication facility, first-degree child endangerment, video voyeurism and child endangerment.. ...