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Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Bryant graduated as one of 59 cadets of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy earning certification as a law enforcement officer during a ceremony held in Camden on Thursday.

Two things stand out about the Madison County Farmers Market that operates April through October on Polk Square Tuesdays and the county’s Church Avenue overflow parking lot Saturdays.

The Huntsville Water and Sewer Commission voted to increase its minimum testing rates for backflow prevention at its April 19 regular meeting. 

The Huntsville City Planning Commission debated potential consequences of allowing a non-conforming use for a building at 27222 Highway 23 to revert to its previous use.

The Madison County Planning Board drafted a wind turbine ordinance at its regular meeting on April 9 in anticipation of passage of the Arkansas Wind Energy Development Act.

A former Madison County Emergency Medical Services employee faces Second Degree Attempted Murder and other charges in connection with a shooting incident in the Forum area on April 17.

Plans are in the works to upgrade public perception of the Huntsville Municipal Airport as a resource and an asset not only to the community but for those refueling planes.

In a March 6 meeting, Taylor Barksdale’s family and their attorney Sammi Wilmoth sought answers from Madison County Sheriff Ronnie Boyd into his investigation of Taylor’s death. 

The EAST Program at Huntsville High School is being paused for next school year, Principal Mike Nichols informed the Huntsville School Board during the board’s April 8 meeting.

The Huntsville School Board approved additional funds for the baseball/softball field projects during its April 8 meeting.

Two sex offenders were arrested recently in Madison County and charged with violating their reporting requirements and one allegedly had drugs in his possession.

Huntsville Mayor Travis Dotson will moderate a town hall for the May 13 special election 1-cent Maintenance & Operation (M&O) tax for the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Jail.

On Friday, a woman was found dead inside a residence at Pettigrew, sparking an investigation into the cause of death.

With three members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ cabinet joining her, Rep. DeAnne Vaught (R-Horatio) amended Senate Bill 290 to exclude existing moratoriums in the Buffalo National River and Lake Maumelle watersheds from the new moratorium protocols the bill seeks to implement. 

The Madison County Water Facilities board (MCWFB) approved a series of rate increases with the first to be implemented July 1 at its regular meeting on April 8.

More than $12.3 million not counting what county staff has done to prepare utilities has been invested in a jail facility that still needs voter approval to operate.

A 53-year-old Pettigrew man was arrested Monday afternoon after brandishing a weapon and approaching while a Madison County Sheriff’s deputy was investigating a dispute.

The Huntsville Planning Commission voted to postpone the city’s annual Clean Up Day until April 12 due to weather forecasts predicting rain on Saturday.

There seems to be no end to a flurry of bills in the State Legislature that would dramatically alter the landscape of city zoning in Arkansas, and that has the attention of the Huntsville Planning Commission.

Huntsville Mayor Travis Dotson and City Engineer Charlee Presley worked hard to persuade the state legislature to carefully consider the impact before approving bills that would restrict a city’s ability to regulate floodplains within its jurisdiction.

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