Stories from Thursday, May 30, 2019

Community members gathered at Trumann's American Legion Memorial Park Monday in observance of Memorial Day. This year's guest speaker was Deputy Chief Jonathan Redman with the Trumann Police Department. Redman spoke about his brother-in-law Sgt. Erich Smallwood, who died May 26, 2007, serving with the 875th Engineer Battalion in Iraq...

High school juniors and seniors face many decisions. They receive a lot of pressure to make the right decisions and meet expectations, but making a decision outside the norm may provide ample opportunities they didn't know were possible. Six Marked Tree High School students are attending Arkansas State University-Newport at Marked Tree while still in high school and will graduate with the ability to go straight to work, earn a living, and start a new career...