Stories from Thursday, December 15, 2022

The Poinsett County Quorum Court voted to give all county employees, including the elected officials, a $500 dollar bonus at the their monthly meeting this past Monday. The bonus issue was discussed briefly with questions of should it go to the finance committee before a vote, should full time get the full amount and part-time get only half and should the elected officials get the bonus at all. ...

Now that you have that fresh cut tree at home, what you do with it will have a major impact on how long it will retain its needles and not become a fire hazard, as you now have a little less than a week to keep a tree fresh that is already on a downhill run. If you haven’t put the tree up already, store it in an unheated garage or some other area out of the wind and cold freezing temperatures...

When the votes were counted last Tuesday, Jay Paul Woods came out 110 votes better than Shane Blagg to win the Trumann mayor's seat. The run-off election was held December 6. Over 1,000 votes were cast in the election with Woods getting 595 votes to 485 votes for Blagg...

God's New Life MBTC in Marked Tree will present "Why Christmas" on Saturday, December 17. The church will present the true meaning of Christmas during it's annual Christmas play. The doors open at 6:00 p.m.

The Poinsett County Library in Harrisburg is offering Adult Exercise Classes. The classes are held every Monday and Wednesday from 5-6 p.m. If you are attending it is ask to bring hand weights, if you do not have any there are extras available at the library...

The Marked Tree School District CTE Department will hold a Christmas Celebration on Saturday, December 17. The celebration will begin at 9 a.m. There will be Christmas children's movies shown through the day, vendors and a variety of activities.

I found this great information on the internet about pets as gifts. Pets as Christmas Gifts! Just because animals look cute under the Christmas tree doesn't mean they make good holiday gifts. Caring for animals is an enormous responsibility, and they should never be carelessly given as gifts to anyone. ...

Steven Moss created the Toy Express about five years ago and the float has been huge success every since in annual Trumann Christmas Parade. The parade this year had over 100 float, cars, atvs, trucks and tractors roll own Highway 463. One of the most sought after floats by the kids was the Toy Express. The float had toys upon toys stacked on the float...

Trumann Christmas Parade was a fun time.

Trumann School drama department puts on play.

Local food pantry recognized by city.

EPC (2-3) saw Riverside (11-3) open the third quarter with a 14-0 run turning their four point deficit into an 18 point deficit as the Warriors couldn't bounce back losing 51-40 to the Rebels in Gerald Jennings Tournament action in Trumann. Tyrus Reel gave the Warriors an early 3-0 lead with an old-school three-point play as Cash Gillis got the Rebels on the board hitting one of two free throws making it 3-1. ...

Gosnell (2-3) in the Gerald Jennings Tournament being played at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. Bay opened the game with a three-pointer before Taderian Partee scored inside to make it 3-2 'Jackets early in the opening quarter. The Yellowjackets scored the next seven points as Rylan Jenkins got a bucket in the paint for the Pirates to make the score 10-4 Bay with 3:03 left. ...

Marked Tree (6-1) was down double digits after one, fought back to single digits by halftime only to see Bay (9-6) outscore them 35-28 in the second half to hand the Indians a 64-51 loss, their first loss of the season, in the semi-finals of the Gerald Jennings Tournament this past Friday in Trumann...

Trumann (1-7) led after the first and second quarter before Riverside (13-3) held the Wildcats to six points in third quarter on their way to a 60-44 win in the Gerald Jennings Tournament this past Thursday in Trumann. Tristan Battles connected on a three-pointer to give Trumann the early lead before Riverside got an old-school three-point play from Cash Gillis to tie the game at 3-3. ...

BIC (8-2) couldn't get the defensive stops needed to give their offense a chance as the Mustangs lost to Trumann (1-6) 66-58 in the Gerald Jennings Tournament being played in Trumann. Tristan Battles gave Trumann the early lead with a three-pointer before BIC's Jax Whitley scored inside to make it 3-2 Wildcats. ...

Armorel (4-7) couldn't find an answer on how to stop Marked Tree (6-0) as the Tigers lost 77-29 in the opening round of the Gerald Jennings Tournament played at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. The Tigers had their only lead of the game when Caleb Brown canned a three ball after a Ladarrius Brown basket to give Armorel a 3-2 lead after Jonah Walker scored inside for the Indians. ...

Riverside (13-4) made it two championships in two weeks as the Rebels beat Bay 59-52 in the finals of the Gerald Jennings Tournament this past Saturday at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. Bay jumped out to an early 6-3 lead with Grayson Taylor hitting a three-pointer for the Rebels. ...

Seven junior high basketball teams, Gosnell, Armorel, Riverside, BIC, Trumann, Marked Tree and EPC, played in the Gerald Jennings Tournament this past week at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. In games on the opening day, December 5, Gosnell beat BIC 72-51. The Junior Pirates were led by Jai Jacobs with 16 points as Marcus Anderson finished with 14 points. ...