RANDY HORTON IS RUSSELLVILLE NEW MAYOR-ELECT. FINAL, BUT, UNOFFICIAL VOTE TOTALS GAVE HORTON 2,015 VOTES TO TYRONE WILLIAMSON'S 610, IN YESTERDAY 9TUES.) RUN-OFF ELECTION. HORTON SPOKE TO A MEDIA CONFERENCE, FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF LAST NIGHT'S TOTALS. THE MAYOR-ELECT SAID THERE WERE JUST TO MANY PEOPLE HE'D LIKE TO THANK, BUT, EXTENDED SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO TWO INDIVIDUALS. OTHER ELECTION TOTALS INCLUDED... IN JOHNSON COUNTY, CLARKSVILLE'S INCUMBANT MAYOR WAS UNSEATED, AS CHALLENGER MARK SIMPSON DEFEATED BILLY HELMS 499-288. IN THE COAL HILL ALDERMAN'S WARD 3 POSITION 1 RACE, CYNDY STYLES CLAIMS THE VICTORY, AS SHE DEFEATED TERRY MARTIN 37-20. IN PERRY COUNTY, BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS, BRITT RYLES HAS BEEN UNOFFICIALLY ELECTED AS THE NEW MAYOR FOR THE TOWN OF PERRY. IN TUESDAY'S RUNOFF ELECTION, RYLES EDGED WILLIE BOB SUMMERS, 33-32. SIXTY-FIVE OF THE TOWN'S 154 VOTERS CAST A BALLOT IN THE RUNOFF. THE RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THEY'RE CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY'S ELECTION COMMISSION.
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POPE COUNTY QUORUM COURT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL SOON RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COURT A COMPLETED 2015 BUDGET, TO INCLUDE A 2-PERCENT/ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF LIVING INCREASE. DURING A CALLED BUDGET SESSION ON TUESDAY, COMMITTEE ALSO VOTED TO KEEP ALL THE PILT FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTY BY THE STATE, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THAT RECOMENDATION WAS MADE BY JUSTICE JAMES KUSTURIN. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON WHETHER TO RECOMEND A 2-PERCENT COST OF LIVING RAISE OR A ONE TIME STIPEND, ALSO INVOLVED THE QUESTION, WHO WOULD QUALIFY? REVIEW OF SOME SALARY SCHEDULE CHANGES BROUGHT UP, WOULD THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEING RECEIVING A MORE SIGNIFICANT RAISE. COMMITTEE MEMBERS FINALLY AGREED THAT AN ACROSS THE BOARD 2-PERCENT INCREASE, FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WAS THE BEST OPTION.
THE FULL COURT WILL REVIEW THAT PROPOSAL FURTHER DURING THEIR DECEMBER SESSION.
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AUTHORITIES SAY LUCKILY, NO INJURIES OCCURRED, AS A RESULT OF A CAMPER FIRE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN YELL COUNTY. OLA FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO A LOCATION ALONG A DIRT ROAD, OFF HIGHWAY 7, NEAR THE COUNTY LINE, ABOUT 5:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. UNITS REMAINED ON SCNE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P/M. INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE, AND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
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BOND WAS ESTABLISHED AT 75-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A 19-YEAR OLD WHITE MALE, ARRESTED BY RUSSELLVILLE POLICE ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES. THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS SHELBY HARRIS, IS BEING HELD OVER FOR A MID-DECEMBER PLEA AND ARRAIGNMENT ON POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA CHARGES.
A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND WAS ALSO SET FOR A 20-YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE SUSPECT, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY RUSSELLVILLE POLICE ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES. THAT SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS KILA ANDRUS, ALSO HAS A DECEMBER COURT DATE IN POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
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