RUSSELLVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR MAC HOLLIS INFORMED THE CITY’S COMMISSION THAT HE'D MET TUESDAY MORNING WITH ETC ENGINEERING, COORDINATING PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AQUATIC CENTER, SHARING AN UPDATED PLAN PROJECT. HOLLIS SAID HE'S NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO FINALIZE A PLAN FOR THE PROJECT, ONCE A FINAL PROPOSAL IS REACHED. AN INITIAL COMPLETION DATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS SET AROUND MEMORIAL DAY OF 2016.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Court of Appeals has rejected a request for a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the court rejected the appeal of 28-year-old A.J. Cody. Cody had argued that the prosecutor in his trail acted inappropriately. Cody was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the May 2012 shooting death of 65-year-old Lee Britton at Britton's home in London.
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NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE RESULTED FROM A TUESDAY AFTERNOON GRASS FIRE IN THE 10021 CHURCHILL LANE AREA OF YELL COUNTY. CHICKALAH FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ABOUT 12:30, AND REMAINED THERE FOR JUST OVER 45-MINUTES, EXTENGUISHING THE BLAZE. CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
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A BUSY AGENDA WILL FACE THE JOHNSON COUNTY QUORUM COURT, FOR THEIR FINAL 2014 REGULAR SESSION ON THURSDAY NIGHT. COUNTY JUDGE MIKE JACOBS SAYS THE 2015 BUDGET PROPOSAL WILL BE REVIEWED, ALONG WITH ORDINANCES INVOLVING SICK PAY, LONGEVIETY, THE DRUG COURT GRANT FUND AND THE COUNTY'S RESCUE TEAM. A RESOLUTION, INVOLVING A CONTRACT OF OBLIGATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL QUALITY WILL ALSO BE ADDRESS. THURSDAY'S SESSION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 6 P/M IN THE CLARKSVILLE COURTHOUSE CHAMBERS.
ALSO ON THURSDAY'S MEETING AGENDA... A 6:30 SESSION OF THE PLAINVIEW CITY COUNCIL, IN THEIR CITY HALL AND THE ATKINS HOUSING AUTHORITY AT 7 P/M.
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