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Poinsett County has had 605 confirmed cases along with 10 probable cases. There are 60 confirmed cases still active. There has been 537 confirmed recoveries with nine probable recovered cases. There has been eight confirmed deaths and one probable death...

Join us in celebration of National Rice Month on September 22nd as the Arkansas rice industry makes a large donation to help feed families, children, and seniors all across our state. September is also Hunger Action Month. More than 549,000 Arkansans struggle with hunger and may not know where they'll find their next meal. ...

Poinsett County has had 579 confirmed cases along with eight probable cases. There are 58 cases still active. There has been 513 confirmed recoveries with seven probable recovered cases. There has been eight confirmed deaths and one probable death.

Remembering 9/11!!

The City of Tyronza will have their fall clean up the week of October 3-8. Dedman Sanitation will come through and pick up item placed by the curb. Items that will not be picked up include: tires, paint cans with paint in them, hazardous materials and brush or wood...

The Poinsett County Quorum Court had their monthly meeting this past Monday at the Annex Building in Harrisburg. Justice Dustin Mars was the only absentee. In the first item on new business, the court accepted the resignation of Justice Dustin Mars who has moved outside of district. ...

Arkansas State University has released the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Summer Commencement. The Summer Commencement ceremony was conducted Friday, August 7 in Centennial Bank Stadium. The ceremony, the first held outdoors at A-State since 1986, was conducted according to public health guidelines because of the coronavirus pandemic...

With harvest time upon us, it is critical that we take time out for safety. Not only the farmers who are operating their equipment on the farms, but also motorists who need to be patient and not make ill-advised attempts to pass the larger slower moving implements while they are in transit from one farm to the next. ...

The Arkansas Department of Health Poinsett County units in Harrisburg, Marked Tree and Trumann will be providing a week long drive-up flu shot clinic Monday-Friday, September 21-25. You never have to leave your vehicle. Drive up, park and call the number of the unit in your city...

Jonathan Sparks, 39, of Harrisburg was arrested this past Sunday after a traffic stop this past Sunday in Jonesboro. Police found a bong in the vehicle with approximately 74 grams of meth and also found meth on the passenger seat and floorboard. Sparks was charged with possession of meth more than 10 grams but less that 200 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and tampering with physical evidence. He was given a $20,000 cash or surety bond...

Poinsett County has had 569 active cases with 52 cases still active. There have been 503 confirmed recoveries, seven probable recovered cases, seven deaths and 6,649 negative tests.

Poinsett County has had 534 active cases with 62 cases still being active. There have been 466 recoveries, six deaths and 6,011 negative tests.

Victoria Paige Tacker, from Tyronza, majored in Library Media through the College of Education and received her Master of Education degree. Tacker was among a total of 172 SAU students who received degrees this summer. Of those, 109 candidates graduated from the School of Graduate Studies and 63 undergraduate candidates were recognized from SAU's four academic colleges...

Forbes.com recently named Entergy Arkansas as “Best Company in the State,” based on responses from a third-party survey of employees at businesses across the state. Entergy Arkansas employs approximately 2,800 people statewide, in addition to hundreds of contractors...

With the opening of dove season this weekend and archery season in a few weeks, outdoorsmen and women have begun their yearly migration to the woods to prepare deer camps and hunting spots for the upcoming season. From the people I’ve talked to so far, it seems that we have an ample crop of deer and a bumper crop of ticks and chiggers. Taking a few precautions can make your outdoor experience more comfortable and reduce the chance of contracting a tick-borne disease...

Gamble Home Furnishings recently donated over 100 backpacks filled with non perishable food items to Truman School District. Chris Gamble, the owner of Gamble Home in Jonesboro is passionate about givebacks within the local community and as a company, strives to participate in several operations a year. ...

Trumann fans wear their masks at football game this past Friday.

Two Poinsett County schools reported today they have had positive tests of the COVID-19 virus among students and faculty. Harrisburg School District reported four students have tested positive for COVID-19. Four teachers were in probable close contact and are in quarantine. As of Tuesday, September 8, 56 students are quarantined due to exposure to the coronavirus...

Poinsett County has had 529 active cases with 76 cases still being active. There have been 447 recoveries, six deaths and 5,944 negative tests.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is advising lake and river visitors to be cautious this Labor Day weekend. Labor Day weekend is among the top three busiest weekends of the year at the region's lakes and rivers, and officials from the district say they expect this year will be no exception. However, they warn visitors to practice good water safety habits to avoid accidents that could result in serious injury or death...

Poinsett County has had 493 active cases with 99 cases still being active. There have been 388 recoveries, six deaths and 5,536 negative tests.

With the first week of school under their belts, the superintendents of the four Poinsett County Schools, Trumann, Harrisburg, Marked Tree and Lepanto, gave a report to the PCDT on how the first week of school went at their respective school. They were asked about bus transportation, how the teachers were doing and how the social distancing went...

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge applauded the decision of dismissinga lawsuit against the State of Arkansas filed by Jim Bakker and his production company, Morningside Church Productions, Inc., which conducts business as The Jim Bakker Show. ...

Hunger impacts people in every corner of the country, including 71,800 of our neighbors in Northeast Arkansas. And given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas has seen the lines at food distributions grow this year. Feeding America Network Food Banks across the country have united for Hunger Action Month Amid COVID-19 Pandemic...

In a statement made on the Jerry's Steak House Facebook page, owner and namesake Jerry Pillow passed away this past Saturday. Jerry's has been a fixture in Trumann for many years. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Jerry Pillow, founder and namesake of Jerry's Steak House, passed away Saturday morning, August 29, 2020. ...

Caroline Parker of Harrisburg was one of 35 students that received a white coat from the College of Pharmacy at Harding University. The ceremony represents the educational transition from the general studies of the undergraduate level to professional pharmacy education...

Poinsett County has had 489 active cases with 97 cases still being active. There have been 386 recoveries, six deaths and 5,497 negative tests.

Poinsett County has had 486 active cases with 111 cases still being active. There have been 369 recoveries, six deaths and 5,420 negative tests.

Poinsett County and Northeast Arkansas got a little shake this past Saturday night as a 3.6 earthquake shook the ground. The quake happened at 9:34 p.m. and was centered about 3 kilometers west of Marked Tree. Memphis and Western Tennessee also reported feeling the earthquake...

Poinsett County has had 465 active cases with 105 cases still being active. There have been 354 recoveries, six deaths and 5,329 negative tests.

Poinsett County has had 452 active cases with 106 cases still being active. There have been 342 recoveries, four deaths and 5,230 negative tests.

Arkansas Farm Bureau praised Governor Asa Hutchinson and members of the General Assembly after the body allocated $5 million from the federal CARES Act to create a grant program that will allow custom meat processors in Arkansas to expand and upgrade facilities...

The Harrisburg School Board met for a regular board meeting remotely on Monday, August 10, 2020 in the Central Office Board Room. Board member Nacole Sweeney was absent. In new business, the board heard reports on progress from the administrators of each campus in the Harrisburg School District. ...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting submissions for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Alternative Selling Methods Campaign through September 30, 2020. Program information and instructions for submitting videos can be found at www.arkansasgrown.org/about-us...

With the summer ending and thoughts of cooler weather on our minds, it seems that many of us tend to forget about gardening. We still have a month or so of hot weather ahead of us. Water is still important to the lawn and garden at this time. Remember that trees and shrubs that bloom in the spring are setting flower buds now. If the plants get too stressed and shut down early, this will affect the blooms next spring...

Robert McKenzie of Trumann was sentences to five years in state prison as one of 13 suspects arrested back in January as part of Operation Stopping Underage Illegal Trafficking. McKenzie entered a negotiated guilty plea last Monday for charges of internet stalking of a child, a Class Y felony that is punishable by 10 years to life and for computer child pornography which is a Class B felony...

Jay Paul Woods is announcing his candidacy for the Trumann City Council, Ward 5 Position 1 seat. Woods has lived in Trumann since 2001 and was born here and raised in this area. Over the last 19 years, Woods has made Trumann his home as he and his wife Tammy have raised two boys, Jay-Ryan and Garrett, who attended and graduated Trumann Schools. ...

Christopher Wayne Sparks, also know as Flip, turned himself into the Poinsett County Sheriff's Department this past Friday morning. Sparks was wanted for rape and child pornography crimes. Sparks was charged with rape, incest, computer exploitation of a child and distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child...

Ray Collett, of Trumann, was arrested on rape charges after a victim said he raped her this past Tuesday. In a report of the incident, the victim provided an audio recording of her phone conversation with Collett in which she asked “why he had sex with her after she had said no?” In the report Collett’s reply was, “because I haven’t had any in a while.” The report also says that Collett told her he was sorry and he shouldn’t have done it...

A wooden bridge in Northeast Arkansas has been closed indefinitely after someone set fire to it over the past weekend. The bridge, on Desmond Lake Road near Lepanto, was reported by the Poinsett County Road Department that it had been burned. The road department posted a picture of the bridge on their Facebook page. Anyone with information on who set the fire is asked to call the sheriff's office at 870-578-4444...

Poinsett County mom arrested for child endangerment first degree Kelsey Lane Alvarado, 27, Trumann was arrested August 21 after her three-year old child fell in a swimming pool at the house next door an August 3 before passing away on August 8 at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Alvarado was on probation for child endangerment third degree charges from a July 2019 incident...

Poinsett County has had 429 active cases with 105 cases still being active. There have been 320 recoveries, four deaths and 5,094 negative tests.

The drawing for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s private land dove field program is complete, but if you did not draw there’s still plenty of opportunity to enjoy some time sitting on a bucket at a good location on opening weekend of dove season. The AGFC has dove fields on 22 wildlife management areas throughout the state and has worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide another on the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge for the 2020-21 dove season...

Kelsey Lane Alvarado, 27, Trumann was arrested August 21 after her three-year old child fell in a swimming pool at the house next door an August 3 before passing away on August 8 at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Alvarado was on probation for child endangerment third degree charges from a July 2019 incident...

Poinsett County has had 387 active cases with 82 cases still being active. There have been 301 recoveries, four deaths and 4,837 negative tests.

Ray Collett, of Trumann, was arrested on rape charges after a victim said he raped her this past Tuesday. In a report of the incident, the victim provided an audio recording of her phone conversation with Collett in which she asked “why he had sex with her after she had said no?” In the report Collett’s reply was, “because I haven’t had any in a while.” The report also says that Collett told her he was sorry and he shouldn’t have done it...

Robert McKenzie of Trumann was sentences to five years in state prison as one of 13 suspects arrested back in January as part of Operation Stopping Underage Illegal Trafficking. McKenzie entered a negotiated guilty plea last Monday for charges of internet stalking of a child, a Class Y felony that is punishable by 10 years to life and for computer child pornography which is a Class B felony...

Poinsett County has had 358 active cases with 77 cases still being active. There have been 277 recoveries, four deaths and 4,662 negative tests.

**UPDATE**Christopher Wayne Sparks turned himself in this morning (Friday) at the Poinsett County Detention Center. Sheriff Kevin Molder said there are no further comments as it's still an ongoing investigation. Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder is asking the public to be on the lookout for a man wanted for rape and child pornography crimes. Christopher Wayne Sparks, aka Flip, was last seen fleeing on foot in a rice field south of Harrisburg on August 16. Sparks has family in the Harrisburg area and also in the Hardy area. Sparks is considered dangerous and should not be approached. Contact the Poinsett County Sheriff’s Office at (870) 578-5411, call 911 or call your local law enforcement agency...

The Tyronza City Council held their regular monthly meeting on August 11 at the Senior Citizen's Center. In new business, Tyronza Mayor Charles Glover informed the council that Police Chief E.J. Roach was leaving the department. Glover said he had a couple people interested in the position. ...