McCoy promoted to lietuenant colonel

Receives promotion: Gordon McCoy, far right, mayor of Forrest City, was pinned as a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard Wednesday at the National Guard Armory in Forrest City. Also pictured is Col. Steve Payne, left, commander, Camp Robinson Maneuver Training Center, who performed the pinning ceremony. Also there for the occasion were McCoy’s wife, Pam, and their nine-month-old daughter, Morgan. Photo by David Nichol.