Stories from Thursday, January 5, 2023

Mayor Jay Paul Woods of Trumann and Mayor Danny Johnson of Marked Tree were sworn in January 2.

January saw Trumann still reeling from the F-3 tornado that ripped through the city on December 10, 2021. The Trumann Fire Station, Quail Run Nursing Home, the old Singer plant and numerous houses received major damage. The Marked Tree Indians were crowned NEA Invitational Tournament champions and Kaylin Gipson was named all-state in volleyball. ...

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The council also met in regular session on December 12. In old business, the council passed an ordinance to govern the retention and destruction of city records. The ordinance was read by title only for the second and third reading before passage. The purge was needed due to storage limitations...

The Marked Tree City Council approved a resolution to purchase new body cameras for the Marked Tree Police Department in their special called meeting on December 20. The equipment will be purchased from Axon Enterprise, Inc. with a cost of $71,094.65 financed for 60 months at $14,218.94 annually...

A six point output by Riverside in the second quarter turned a tie ball game after one quarter of play into a 14 point deficit that the Lady Rebels could not come back from as they lost to Brookland 47-37 in the quarter-final round of the NEA Invitational Tournament...

EPC played Marked Tree tough for three quarters only to see the Lady Indians hold the Lady Warriors to eight points in the fourth quarter to take a 50-37 win in the quarter-finals of the NEA Invitational Tournament in Jonesboro. Tink Brown put Marked Tree on the board first with two free throws before EPC got a basket inside from Denissia Gaines and a three-ball from the left wing from Jalyn Constant to make it 5-2 Lady Warriors. ...

Trumann (4-7) and EPC (4-4) traded scores for the first three minutes of the game before EPC took control and went on to a 74-47 win over the Wildcats in one Division 1 boys' semi-final game of the NEA Invitational Tournament being played at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro. EPC will play Hoxie on January 4 in the Division 1 championship game...

Harrisburg (9-5) had the misfortune of catching Trumann (4-8) with the hot hand on offense as the Hornets lost 69-46 to the Wildcats in the quarter-final round of the NEA Invitational Tournament this past Thursday. Luke Bishop opened the scoring for Trumann with a fast break layup before Harrisburg's Michael Deckelman tied the game at 2-2 with a basket in the paint. ...

Marked Tree was held to 11 points in the second half by Brookland as the Indians lost 49-30 to Brookland in one Division 2 semi-final game at the NEA Invitational Tournament. Kenyon Carter scored the first points for Marked Tree with a three-pointer from the left corner to make it 3-2 Indians with 3:50 left in the opening quarter. ...

In a game that was back and fourth all night, it was fitting that an extra period was needed to decide the outcome. After being tied at 48 at the end of regulation, Tuckerman outscored the Mustangs 14-10 in overtime to win their quarter-final match-up this past Thursday...