Tyronza News

Five 4-by-5 foot signs marking points on the new Arkansas Heritage Delta Music Trail: Sounds from the Soil and Soul went up last Friday, providing photos and information on the radio show King Biscuit Time at Helena, Southern Tenant Farmers Union supporter John Handcox at Tyronza, saxophonist Louis Jordan at Brinkley, drummer and singer Levon Helm ...

William "Sweet Pea" Roark, 64, of Marked Tree, died Dec. 2 at the VA Medical Center in Memphis.

Pictured are, from left: ARDC Vice-Chair Wayne Nichols, ARDC Chair Mellie Watson, Donna Wood, Governor Mike Beebe, DRS Director Butch Calhoun, Mayor Marion Bearden, Tony Turner and Rodney Harris.

The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza will be the location of an interpretive marker honoring songwriter John L. Handcox on the new Arkansas Delta Music Trail: Sounds from the Soil & Soul.

Bikers from all over the state came to the Sunken Lands area Saturday to tour Marked Tree, Lepanto and Tyronza attractions.

Here are some of the stories we're tracking on Region 8 News: Local gas stations are reporting a spike - not in prices, but in drive-offs. That, in return, can cause a spike in gas prices for everyone else and can seriously hurt these local businesses.

Beavers are giving residents of Tyronza even greater problems from flooding than most other Arkansans, who have had to cope statewide with record rainfall.

Sorry for my absence the last few months but things have been busy! We have so much going on around here -- we have new exhibits at the Museum and we are working with the Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce on several projects.

The Poinsett County Intergovernmental Council met at Tyronza with Alan McVey of the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development Tuesday, Oct.

Taking up most of the discussion last Tuesday night, Sept. 15 at the Lepanto city council meeting was the subject of the recent water rate increase.

Crittenden County, AR - According to Arkansas State Police reports, an accident Saturday afternoon claimed the life of a Region 8 resident.

A large group of veterans enjoyed visiting their "hometown" Saturday. When Barbara and Danny Adams first planned to bring the Vietnam Wall that Heals to Marked Tree last September, they never dreamed it would become a place of healing for a group of veterans holding a reunion in Memphis.

Frances L. Wallace, 78, of Dyess died on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Batesville. She was born Thursday, March 5, 1931 in Tyronza to the late Victor Mitchell and Clara Mae Burt Forrester, she was an active member of Dyess Central Baptist Church and was secretary and treasurer of the church, held a masters degree in special education, and retired from ...

The largest grant, for $510,600, will be utilized to develop and implement a coordinated interpretive and marketing plan for heritage tourism in the Arkansas Delta Byways region, The two additional grants, for $25,000 each, will fund administrative support for the Arkansas Heritage SITES A total of $560,600 in National Scenic Byways grants was ...

William Stanley can remember the name of every teacher he had during his school years.

Tyronza police Officer Glenn Austin and Police Chief Tony Turner look over evidence collected in the city's largest drug bust in recent years.

Alto, Fry's Mill and Wilbeth. This was all swampland. In the 1800's, the federal government made huge grants of land to railroad companies here and elsewhere to encourage them to open up the areas by building tracks and selling land to settlers.

Jonesboro Police responded to T.J. Maxx, located at 1235 S. Caraway Road, Saturday morning after being notified of a theft.

James Woodrow "Sonnie" Kirk, 76, of Lepanto died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, in Springhill Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock.

Shelby Nicole Johnson and Brian Collier Lovins of Marked Tree were married Saturday, May 23 at Church Street Station in Jonesboro.