Stories from Thursday, June 1, 2023

Timothy Wade Williams, 60, of Trumann died of natural causes at the Craighead County Detention Center. A medical examiner with the Arkansas Crime Lab in Little Rock said the cause of death was acute peritonitis. Williams collapsed in the shower at the jail on May 17. The jailer was contacted by another inmate and Williams was helped to his feet and taken by wheelchair to the jail’s medical facility. Williams was conscious at the time he was taken to the medical facility...

The Harrisburg School Board met in special meetings twice last week to take care of more personnel changes for the 2023-2024 school year. All board members were present for the first meeting with only three present for the second meeting. In the May 22 special meeting during new business, Superintendent Chris Ferrell made two recommendations, that were both passed, before going into executive session. ...

On Saturday, May 27 at approximately 3:23 p.m., the Poinsett County Sheriff's Office received a call from a person who stated that Rose Ann Goad, 72, of Goad Lane in Harrisburg shot at their tractor while they driving on Goad Lane. Deputies responded to the scene to investigate the incident. ...

Making your own cleaning supplies is one alternative to commercial cleaners. Are they effective? Yes, they are. They are inexpensive and easy to make. Many people have these supplies in your home already. Even if you don’t, they are easily available, and you can mix them up in a jiffy...

Tammie Works has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's Winter 2023 President's List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer...

Three local students were named to the Spring 2023 Dean's List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. To qualify for the Dean's List, the following local students achieved at least a 3.75 grade-point average for the semester while completing 12 credit hours...

Harrisburg's Hayden Creecy earned a Certificate of Proficiency in Fire and Emergency Response from SAU Tech for the academic year 2022-2023. SAU Tech is a two-year public college that is part of the Southern Arkansas University System. The college began in 1968 and has an average enrollment of over 1,800 students...

Ouachita Baptist University honored more than 400 students during its 136th Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 13. Two students from Harrisburg were recognized during the ceremony with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing...

Williams Baptist University awarded degrees to 134 graduates during its 2023 commencement exercises Saturday, May 6. The graduates represented 23 Arkansas counties, nine states and three nations. Williams is a private, Christian university in Walnut Ridge...

Local students receive degrees from UAMS The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) conferred degrees and certificates to 1,096 students in its five colleges and graduate school. The following local students were presented their degrees...

Local students were elected by their peers to city office on Monday, May 29, as part of the 82nd annual session of Arkansas Boys State, where students build a mock government structure, including sixteen different mock cities each with their own city council, vice mayor, and mayor.,...