Monday, December 15, 2014

NEWS HEADLINES FOR 1215-14

RUSSELLVILLE POLICE AND FIRE AND POPE COUNTY AMBULANCE PERSONNEL RAN MONDAY MORNING ON AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 7 AND CENTER VALLEY ROAD.  AUTHORITIES WERE INITIALLY RESPONDED TO AN ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT, BUT, THOSE IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH HAD OVERTURNED, WERE OUT AND UNINJURED, UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.  THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 6:30 THIS (Mon.) MORNING.

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CROW MOUNTAIN AND RUSSELLVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS WERE RESPONDED SUNDAY EVENING TO A GRASS FIRE IN THE DODSON LANE AREA.  AUTHORITIES SAY UNITS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ABOUT 7:30 P/M, REMAINING THERE APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, BRINGING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.  AT ONE TIME, THE BLAZE COVERED SOME TWO TO THREE ACRES AND WAS THREATENING A STRUCTURE, WHEN UNITS ARRIVED.

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MONDAY'S MEETING AGENDA INCLUDES... THE CLARKSVILLE SCHOOL BOARD, WITH A 6 P/M SESSION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER.  TO BE REVIEWED, SEVERAL POLICY MATTERS, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION FOR ARVEST PURCHACE CARDS, A NUMBER OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 

 

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR PLANNING AND RESPONSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE TUESDAY AT 10 A/M, IN THE POPE COUNTY QUORUM COURT CHAMBERS.  AN RECAP OF THE 2014 EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXERCISE AND UPDATE ON CONTINUING ACTIVITIES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

 

ALSO TUESDAY, THE DECEMBER SESSION OF THE RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL BOARD IS SET, WITH BUDGET, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR 6:15.  A MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD WILL BEGIN AT 7 P/M, IN THE DISTRICT'S ADMINSTRATION OFFICE.

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