Stories from Thursday, December 8, 2022

April Diane Gregory-Wright Adams, 46, of Rathdrum, Idaho, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, 2022, at home, where she was the happiest, with Hospice of North Idaho. April was born April 6, 1976, to the late Howard and Paulette Gregory. April lived in Trumann for over 40 years before moving to Rathdrum, Idaho. ...

Antonio Cold, 36, of Trumann will face a charge of sexual indecency after he propositioned a child to perform a sexual act. Cold was charged on November 23 after probable cause was found for one count of sexual indecency with a child, engaging ins sexually explicit conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A report made to the Trumann Police Department on Sunday, November 20 said Cold touched the victim “inappropriately” and asked them to perform sexual acts...

The Trumann School board approved the participation in the At-Risk DHS Food Program for the 2022-2023 school year at their meeting that was held November 14. Trumann Superintendent Brandie Williams made the recommendation for participating in the program...

The 2022 Trumann Christmas Parade has been moved to Friday, December 9 with lineup beginning at 5:00 p.m. and the parade starting at 6:00 p.m. This move was due to the expected heavy rains on Thursday. The city of Trumann and the Trumann Chamber of Commerce apologize for any inconvenience...

Weiner Elementary School was recognized by the Office for Education Policy as a school where students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire! In their Elementary School Level report published today, Weiner Elementary received the following awards:...

Trumann High has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school that is Beating the Odds, as students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire. The OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards where they recognize schools with high student academic growth. They believe that growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that your school is having on students...

Brad Doyle of Weiner was selected as a state board member for Farm Bureau this past Friday at Farm Bureau’s 88th Annual Convention at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Doyle is a soybean, rice and wheat farmer and the outgoing president of Poinsett County Farm Bureau. He also serves as president of Eagle Seed Company and president of the American Soybean Association...

The Marked Tree School District recently announced several events. Semester tests will be given December 15-20. Tests will be given Thurday, December 15, first to seventh and eighth grades. Friday, December 16, tests will be given to second, third and fourth grades...

One of my clients asked me about the threat of bird flu to his hunting dog so I decided to do some research and see if it was a problem. Bird Flu (Avian Influenza H5N1) is a highly contagious disease of birds. Bird flu is similar to swine flu, dog flu, horse flu and human flu as an illness caused by strains of influenza viruses that have adapted to a specific host...

Surprisingly there are no uniform or universally accepted descriptions used on food labels for open dating in the United States. They were actually created to be used for inventory management by food retailers. As a result, there are a wide variety of phrases used on labels to describe quality dates...

There will be a commodity distribution in Poinsett County on Wednesday, December 14 from 9:00 a.m. to noon or until food is gone. This will be a drive-thru distribution. There will be four locations for pick-up: Marked Tree Fire Station, 102 Liberty; Trumann Sports Complex, 16179 Pecan Grove Road, Tyronza City Hall, 143 S. Main Street and Weiner City Hall, 123 W. 2nd Street...

Riverside (10-3) scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to turn a one point deficit into a seven point lead on their way to a 61-54 win over Sloan-Hendrix (11-2) in the finals of the WBU high school tournament this past Saturday in Walnut Ridge...

Riverside (10-4) played a great against Salem (7-0) only to see a fourth quarter technical foul turn a three point deficit into an eight point deficit as the Lady Rebels couldn't rebound on their way to 49-40 loss to the Lady Greyhounds in the championship game of the Williams Baptist University high school tournament this past Saturday in Walnut Ridge...

Harrisburg (2-5) fell behind early and never caught up as Bald Knob beat the Lady Hornets 56-34 in non-conference play this past Friday at the Hornets' Nest. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Hannah Mross went coast to coast for a layup to make it 4-2. ...

Harrisburg moved to 5-0 with a 56-49 win over Bald Knob this past Friday in the Hornets Nest. The win surpasses the Hornets win total of four from last year. Bald Knob got the board first with a basket inside before Michael Deckelman answered with back to back buckets in the paint to give Harrisburg a 4-2 lead. ...

Cash Gillis hit a three-pointer with .9 seconds left on the clock to give Riverside (8-3) a 45-42 win over Corning this past Thursday in the Williams Baptist University high school tournament. Harrison McAnally led the Rebels with 15 points as Gillis finished with 14 points. Riverside led 13-10 after one, Corning led 25-20 at halftime and 35-27 after three...