Last Week's Most Read Stories

Area firefighters receive awards (07/16/08)

Bank of Trumann offers Internet banking (07/16/08)
Members of the Trumann Lions Club heard a presentation recently on the Bank of Trumann's new online banking service. Bank loan officer Zac Inboden gave the local club an overview of the new service. "When we were designing our online service, we had two main goals," Inboden said. "We wanted to make the service simple and we wanted to make the site secure. I believe we succeeded at both."...

City pursues cleaning up old buildings (07/16/08)
The city of Trumann receives many complaints each year about dilapidated houses and buildings that are in disrepair. Many local residents question why more isn't done to fix the problem. Trumann Code Enforcement Officer Gary Anderson knows the answer to that question...

George Ford turns 99 (07/16/08)
George Ford has a wonderful memory for a man who just celebrated his 99th birthday. He remembers the day he first came to Trumann. It was Christmas Eve1924. "We got off the train downtown at the depot," he says. "There was about eight inches of snow on the ground. We went out to my cousin's house outside of Trumann."...

TPD makes several arrests (07/10/08)
Trumann Police arrested five local residents on drug charges last week. Darrell Crow, 49, and Sharon Crow, 43, of 511 Plaza were arrested by Det. Sgt. Jonathan Skaggs, Asst. Police Chief Tony Rusher and Sgt. Erik Wilbanks on Tuesday, July 1...

Bond Issue at top of city council meeting (07/16/08)
The Trumann City Council unanimously approved scheduling of a Sept. 9 election to put the question of a 1 percent city-wide sales and use tax before the citizens of Trumann at its July meeting. The new tax, if passed, will not increase the sales tax currently being paid in Trumann, if all issues on the ballot are approved. Passage of this tax, according to discussion at the council meeting, is a necessity...

Democrat awarded for best community coverage in state (07/16/08)
The Trumann Democrat was honored Saturday by the Arkansas Press Association with a first place award for community coverage among small weekly newspapers in the state. Democrat editor Samantha Martin was on hand in Little Rock to accept the award for the paper...

Stella Hollis turns 102 (07/10/08)
Reminiscing is easy for Stella Hollis because she has so many things to remember. Last Thursday, July 3, she spent the day reminiscing with family and friends as she celebrated her 102nd birthday. Hollis has lived in Trumann for 87 of her 102 years having moved to Trumann in 1921 with her parents John and Maudie Archie. Her father worked for Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company...

Fine Arts Celebrity Dinner (07/16/08)
The Trumann Fine Arts Council will sponsor a celebrity dinner at the First Baptist Church Christian Life Center, at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24. Tickets are $12.50 per person and can be purchased at the Trumann Chamber of Commerce office or by contacting one of the event's celebrity waiters...