Marked Tree News

Rep. Buddy Lovell, D-Marked Tree, questions Arkansas Lottery Executive Director Ernie Passailaigue at a meeting of the Arkansas Lottery Commissiona s Legislative Oversight Committee in Little Rock on Thursday.

Last week, officials announced that the much anticipated funding for the completion of designated I-555 had been approved in the amount of $2.2 million.

Gary Anderson is probably the most hated man in Trumann. As Code Enforcement officer he's in a "darned if you do, darned if you don't" position --- something the Democrat learned firsthand during a ride-a-long last... Full article Henry picked for assistant police chief After 11 years with Trumann Police Department, Gary Henry is no longer an ...

Jim Metzger, with the Mid-America Arts Alliance , spoke to the St. Francis County Museum Board this week about the Hands-On Experiential Learning Project , a program that helps museums and arts center boards.

U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor along with First District Congressman Marion Berry today announced that the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department will receive $2.2 million in funding to construct a parallel access road along future Interstate 555 from Payneway to Marked Tree in Poinsett County.

A body found early Tuesday morning behind Ritter Grain on Adamson Road in Marked Tree has been identified as Harold Wood, 39, of Marked Tree.

Brian Winningham moved to Trumann because the city of 95,000 he had been living in at the time had become too dirty for him.

Ken Swan thought he had died and gone to Heaven when he saw a dozen beautiful sorority girls from Arkansas State University hanging around his 1922 Model-T Ford one day after class in 1958.

Local soldiers may once again be called on to perform duties overseas. Members of the 875th Engineer Battalion were told Saturday during the first day of their regularly scheduled annual training at the Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center near Fort Smith to prepare for the possibility of being called to support overseas operations.

The battaliona TMs 700 soldiers will begin the Soldier Readiness Process, the first step to mobilization, next week.

Clean-up by Kajacs, the firm which did the water and sewer work for the city garnered some of the most discussion during the Marked Tree City Council meeting Monday night.

The Tri-City Tribune announced this week it soon will merge with its sister paper, the Trumann Democrat, to form a countywide newspaper.

The Arkansas Workforce Center in Jonesboro said Friday it will be able to provide full-time jobs for 6 weeks to 700 people between the ages of 16-24 this summer.

Bonnie Johnson was driving south on highway 63 on her way home from work in Jonesboro to Marked Tree, when a red PT Cruiser began to veer into her lane.

Like many people, the economic situation the country is in now had a direct effect on Sharon Harston of Marked Tree.

Danny and Barbara Adams of Marked Tree paused last week to remember some special Vietnam veteran friends.

An Arkansas legislative committee has advanced a measure that calls for a study of isolated school districts with dwindling enrollment and the effect that consolidation with another district would have.

W.E. 'Scotty' and Omega Scott of Mountain Home will celebrate on Tuesday their 60th wedding anniversary.

GM wona TMt renew contract with Holly Chevrolet in Marion, Ark. Memphis Business Journal - by Andy Ashby Staff writer General Motors has chosen not to renew its contract with Holly Chevrolet, although the Marion, Ark.-based dealership will get an opportunity to make its case, according to a report in The Evening Times .

Marked Tree officials expect to hear back today whether they have a buyer for the former Midsouth Manufacturing building.