TODAY (MON.) IS THE FINAL DAY FOR EARLY VOTING IN THE DISTRICT 16 STATE SENATE RUN-OFF. REPUBLICIAN CANDIDATES GREG STANDRIDGE AND STAN BERRY ARE VYING FOR THE SEAT. LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY, POPE COUNTY REPORTED A TOTAL OF 1681 VOTES, 105 BALLOTS CAST IN NEWTON COUNTY, 27 EARLY AND 17 ABSENTEE IN VAN BUREN COUNTY, 9 EARLY AND 3 ABSENTEE IN BOONE COUNTY AND TWO IN CARROLL COUNTY. DISTRICT 16 INVOLVES ALL OF POPE AND NEWTON COUNTIES, AND A PORTION OF VAN BUREN, BOONE AND CARROLL COUNTY ARE SERVED BY DISTRICT 16. NO DEMOCRATS FILED FOR THE SEAT.
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WHILE DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA FRIDAY, AN APPEAL BY FORMER CLARKSVILLE POLICE CHIEF GREG DONALDSON OF HIS RECENT DISMISSAL, IS BELIEVED TO BE PENDING FOR TONIGHT'S (MON.) FEBRUARY CITY COUNCIL SESSION. DONALDSON WAS FIRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY NEW MAYOR MARK SIMPSON. MONDAY'S MEETING IS SET FOR 6 P/M, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL.
OTHER MONDAY MEETINGS INCLUDE... LAMAR SCHOOL BOARD AT 5:30, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS OF THE MONTH AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT TO BE REVIEWED BY THE ATKINS SCHOOL BOARD, DURING A 6 P/M SESSION, IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. MORRILTON MAYOR ALLEN LIPSMEYER IS SCHEDULED TO GIVE HIS INAUGURAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS DURING TONIGHT'S (MONDAY'S) REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE MORRILTON CITY COUNCIL. THE SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER CONTRACT RENEWALS FOR DISTRICT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS AMONG A NUMBER OF PERSONNEL MATTERS DURING THAT GROUP'S REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION TONIGHT (MONDAY). BOTH THOSE MEETING SARE SET FOR 6 P/M. HECTOR CITY COUNCIL AT 6 P/M. A SHORT AGENDA OF ITEMS WILL COME BEFORE THE YELL COUNTY QUORUM COURT, WITH THAT MEETING AT 6:30 IN THE DANVILLE COURTS FACILITY. DARDANELLE SCHOOL BOARD AND OLA CITY COUNCIL AT 7 P/M, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS. EACH OF THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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