Stories from Thursday, December 4, 2014

Arkansas State University (ASU) (7-5, 5-3 Sun Belt) set a new Sun Belt Conference record for total yards in a game with 764 as the Red Wolves ran away from New Mexico State 68-35 this past Saturday at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro. The Red Wolves also paid tribute to 14 seniors playing their last home game of their ASU careers. ...

Marked Tree trialed at the end of every period except the one that counted most. The Indians outscored EPC 19-8 in the fourth period to take a 62-53 between 2A-3 conference rivals last Tuesday before the Thanksgiving break. Clay Malone opened the scoring for EPC with a three-pointer to make it 3-0 Warriors. ...

Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson announced that starting Dec. 4 police patrols will be tripled on second and third shifts due to the recent rash of breaking and entering and burglaries. "Special units from the day shift will move to the night shifts for the next several weeks. Citizens will see a lot more police cars and uniforms including foot patrol especially at night," Chief Henson said...