Workers put down asphalt last week for the main parking lot at the new activity center in Huntsville.
A hearing is scheduled for next month regarding a lawsuit contesting the results of the District 25 state House Republican Primary Election in May that was won by Chad Puryear of near Hindsville.
Three Madison County residents were arrested last week following separate domestic disturbances, according to paperwork released by the Fourth Judicial District Prosecutor’s Office.
Activities to celebrate Independence Day are scheduled throughout the area this weekend, including First Friday on Polk Square to the annual fireworks display at Mitchusson Park in Huntsville on Monday. Fireworks are planned in Kingston, St. Paul and Elkins, as well. The community of Wesley will celebrate with its annual horseshoe pitching tournament.
An estimated 275 people along 51 miles are closer to being on the Mt. Olive Water Association water service, the St. Paul Town Council learned during its meeting on June 14.
Elkins and West Fork continue negotiations with the City of Fayetteville over sewer rates, according to Elkins Mayor Bruce Ledford.
The Huntsville School District has been ordered to pay $12,912.50 in attorneys’ fees after it admitted to multiple Arkansas Freedom of Information Act violations.
Former Huntsville School District Superintendent Dr. Alvin Lievsay disputed board member Duane Glenn’s recent assertion that it’s common practice for school board members to regularly eat dinner with acting superintendents.
A local couple was arrested after five deceased animals were found inside a camper and in a dumpster at Eagle’s Rest RV Park north of Huntsville.
A former bus driver for the Huntsville School District received 60 months probation and 180 days in jail last week after pleading guilty to driving intoxicated with 34 students on his bus.
Discussions concerning replacing heating and cooling systems for five schools in the Huntsville School District and new meal rates became somewhat lengthy discussions in Monday night’s Huntsville School Board meeting. The meeting was the first for more than half the school board as newly elected officials joined for the first time.
Madison County Judge Frank Weaver on Monday expanded a jail advisory board from five people to seven after sheriff-elect Ronnie Boyd objected to not being on the original committee.
The Madison County Mountain Bike Team held a “bubble fest” at Huntsville Middle School on Friday to clean Outride bikes.
Connie tenBerge and Bobby Ray Gulledge won seats on the Huntsville School Board in Tuesday’s runoff election.
The Huntsville City Council on Monday sat a minimum price for the sale of the industrial park land after hearing from a concerned neighbor in the area and from a representative with the company hoping to purchase the land off of Amanda Place.
Two seats on the Huntsville School Board will be decided in a runoff election on Tuesday.
The Huntsville School District is experiencing a higher than normal number of staff departures this year, losing some of the teachers and staff who have been with the district for many years.
Volunteers, friends and staff with Paws and Claws Pet Shelter of Madison County are planning to celebrate the facility’s 20th anniversary with a Flamazing 20th anniversary later this month.
Huntsville School Board members are grappling again with perceived conflicts of interest after Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered former Superintendent Audra Kimball and longtime board member Duane Glenn under a bridge on Highway 74 at approximately 10 p.m. on May 24.
The following violations were found at local businesses by the Arkansas Department of Health during the month of April and May 2022: