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National night out is a splash (08/14/08)

County gets help from marijuana eradication unit (08/14/08)
The Modern News The Arkansas State Police Marijuana Eradication Unit, aided by the Arkansas National Guard, was in Poinsett County last Thursday in their continuing efforts to find large amounts of marijuana growing...

MT school board approves transfers, assigns teachers (07/31/08)
The Marked Tree School Board approved student transfers for four students last week at its monthly meeting. Two transferred into the Marked Tree School system while two others transferred from Marked Tree to the EPC system. Four letters were presented to the board from the transferring students...

Council meets with engineer about park (08/14/08)
The Marked Tree City Council met in regular session Monday night with all councilmen but James Swan in attendance. The main discussion of the night, as it had been for a number of meetings, concerned the city's recreation park...

Fire burns apartments in Marked Tree (08/07/08)
A fire at McDaniels Apartments in Marked Tree burned two apartments and caused damaged to adjoining apartments in a blaze that started in the early morning hours of July 25. Marked Tree Fire Department responded to the fire at 1:33 a.m. and worked until 3:15 a.m. ...

Dr. Threet to speak at MT First Baptist (08/14/08)
Dr. Kenneth Threet of Jonesboro will be the guest speaker at the First Baptist Church in Marked Tree during the 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. services Sunday, Aug. 17. Threat and his wife Ruth Taylor have been married since Sept. 2, 1951. He has been in the ministry since 1946 and has pastured churches throughout Arkansas and Texas...

Toilet Paper Run to be held for God's New Life (08/07/08)
The Jonesboro Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclist Association, the Fault-line Riders, will be sponsoring a "Toilet paper run" Saturday, Aug. 9 to benefit God's New Life Mission Bible Training Center in Marked Tree...

Train strikes truck in Marked Tree (07/28/08)

Rotarians hear about importance of recycling (08/14/08)
Tribune Editor Guy Enchelmayer of Jonesboro spoke to the Marked Tree Rotary Club last Wednesday about recycling and its ever increasing importance. Enchelmayer was executive director of the Craighead County Solid Waste Authority from 1995 to 2007. Enchelmayer said he was impressed by Marked Tree's recycling efforts...

Maintenance & National Guard runs in Family (07/24/08)
UPAR CAMP TAJI, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Sammy Criswell, a mechanic with the 1123rd Transportation Company, has been in the Arkansas National Guard and the same unit since joining the military Aug. 14, 1976. His middle son, Staff. Sgt. Jeffery Criswell, who is also a mechanic, joined the 1123rd Trans. Co. in 1997 after graduating from high school, and they have made quite the team ever since...