News

Madison County Water Facilities Board  is asking all residents to conserve water as much as possible. 

The Huntsville School District will be able to better monitor students and bus drivers after the Huntsville School Board approved a bid for $255,313 to install cameras on the district’s 43 buses, covering the district’s Huntsville and St. Paul bus routes. 

As one of her first actions as a newly elected Huntsville School Board member, Connie tenBerge criticized school board member Duane Glenn for his recent actions that tenBerge said created a conflict of interest and brought even more embarrassment to the Huntsville School District.

The Huntsville School Board elected new leadership and chose term limits during the board’s July meeting Monday night.

The Huntsville City Council on Monday approved the sale of city-owned property to Christian and Heidi Batteau with Assemblage for $175,000, a company in Witter that makes handmade wallpaper sold around the world.

Chad Puryear of near Hindsville, who won the District 25 state House Republican Primary Election by six votes in May, filed a motion last week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by his opponent.

A Little Rock woman was arrested last week on suspicion of arson after fires were set near the Pettigrew Community Building.

The actions of others helped save a Prairie Grove trucker last Friday when his tanker trailer wrecked and exploded on Highway 23, just north of Highway 12.

ELKINS – In honor of Harry Potter’s birthday, the Friends of the Elkins Public Library is partnering with the City of Elkins Parks and Recreation Committee to host a themed movie night in the park.

LITTLE ROCK – The Rural Fire Protection program, managed by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division, received $279,562.45 as part of the 2021 Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant from the United States Forest Service to purchase and distribute 87 Wildfire Suppression Kits to rural volunteer fire departments.

Kimberly Watkins of Huntsville was injured last week when her car was hit head-on by another vehicle on Highway 412. Watkins had both ankles broken in the accident and will be in a wheelchair for …

Harper Keen, daughter of Trent and Dani Keen, tries some blue ice cream during the Independence Day celebration at Crosses Community Church.

The deadline to register livestock for the 2022 Madison County Fair is Friday. This year’s fair will be held Aug 14-21 at the fairgrounds atop Governors’ Hill.

Staci Evans is leaving her job as director of the Madison County Library in Huntsville on Friday after more than six years.

St. Paul’s Bobby Ray Gulledge said he wanted to do something special for a special young woman who would have graduated this past spring from St. Paul High School.

Cathy Gamble Tipton, who earlier this month retired after 47 years with the Department of Human Services in Huntsville, said working for the State of Arkansas for nearly five decades has been a blessing.

The Huntsville Planning Commission on Monday unanimously approved the rezoning of the city’s industrial park from residential-estate to light industrial and the annexation of less than an acre of the property that officially was not inside the city.

Former state senator Bryan King won all but one Madison County precinct to defeat District 5 Sen. Bob Ballinger last week in the Republican Party runoff for state Senate 28.

Teens for Christ Connection based out of Phillipsburg, Kan., served on a Disaster Relief mission trip May 31 to June 11. Caleb and Abi Massey of Jasper took part in the mission trip. Caleb Massey’s father was on staff at the ministry for a number of years.

The Madison County Record was named the winner of this year’s I.F. Stone Award by the Arkansas Press Association for Investigative Reporting.

« Prev | 1 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 49 | Next »
Currently viewing stories posted within the past 2 years.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.