Stories from Thursday, November 21, 2024

With Duck Season almost here retrievers are on my mind. I was reading an older copy of DU magazine and came across this wonderful article written by Mike Stewart in his book “Sporting Dog and Retriever Training: The Wildrose Way”. Many of my readers have retrievers for hunting. I felt this article was a good source for learning how to use your retriever...

It’s that time of year again, the calls have started coming in again lately about lady beetles invading people’s homes. If large numbers of lady beetles gather around the home, it may be a sign of a multicolored Asian Lady Beetle infestation. This insect was first introduced into the U.S. in the early 1900s and after numerous subsequent releases, became permanently established across the country. But they are not all bad as they are an effective predator of aphids...

Quinterio “Quin” Holman and Camille Barker, of Trumann, were arrested on Wednesday, November 13 on suspicion of first-degree child endangerment, introducing a controlled substance into another’s body, and third-degree child endangerment. The couple faces the charges after a three-year-old child, who was found wandering in a parking lot tested positive for fentanyl...

Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce gives out awards at annual banquet.

Marked Tree honors seniors at last home football game.

The Trumann Lady Wildcats (0-1) opened their basketball season with a 47-20 loss at the hands of the Brookland Lady Bearcats last Monday (Nov. 11) at Wildcat Gym in Trumann. The Lady Bearcats jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Chelsy Jones hit a jumper for Trumann to make it 5-2. Brookland pushed the lead to 10-2 with 1:20 left before Jones hit two free after being fouled. The Lady Bearcats hit one of two free throws late to make it 11-4 at the end of the first quarter...

Harrisburg (1-0) jumped out to a 21point lead in the opening quarter and never looked back on their way to a 67-15 win over Palestine-Wheatley in girls’ basketball action this past Thursday at the Hornets’ Nest in Harrisburg. Hannah Mross scored the first points of the game for the Lady Hornets with a steal and lay-up before Liz Green scored inside making it 4-0. ...

Dee Buchanan finished with 10 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns to lead the EPC Warriors (8-3) to a 26-20 win over Gurdon in the first round of the Class 2A state football playoffs this past Friday at Warrior Field in Lepanto. The win sets up a rematch of last year’s state title game with Bigelow...

EPC and Bigelow both come in to the second round of Class 2A state football playoffs with 8-3 records as the Warriors beat Gurdon 26-20 in Lepanto and the Panthers beat Poyen 21-0 in Bigelow. This game will be a rematch of the 2023 state championship game that Bigelow won 28-14...