LUCKILY, NO INJURIES RESULTED, BUT, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE RESULTED FROM AN EARLY MORNING STRUCTURE FIRE IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST E STREET IN RUSSELLVILLE. RUSSELLVILLE FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION ABOUT 3 A/M, AFTER POLICE OFFICERS NOTED SMOKE IN THE AREA, AND DISCOVERED THE HOUSE FIRE. NO OCCUPANTS WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT UNITS WERE ON SCENE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS BRING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL ANE EXTENGUISHING THE BLAZE. CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN.
RUSSELLVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT CREWS WERE CALLED TO A LARGE TRUCK FIRE, JUST BEFORE 5 P/M ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ON NORTH ARKANSAS AVENUE. UNITS RESPONDED TO THE CITY MALL, WHERE THE TRACTOR-TRUCK WAS ABLAZE. FIREFIGHTERS EXTENGUISHED THE FIRE, AND WERE ON SCENE FOR ABOUT 30-MINUTES.
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THURSDAY'S MEETING AGENDA INCLUDES THE MARCH SESSION OF THE ARKANSAS TECH BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MEETING AT 1 P/M, IN THE PENDERGRAPH LIBRARY ON THE TECH CAMPUS. RUSSELLVILLE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION COMMISSION HAS A 1 P/M SESSION, IN THE RUSSELLVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONFERENCE ROOM. RUSSELLVILLE CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL COMMITTEE HAS A 5 P/M SESSION IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM. THE CITY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT 5 P/M IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THIS JUST PRIOR TO THE FULL COUNCIL SESSION AT 6 P/M, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL. DOVER SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET AT 6 P/M AND DANVILLE CITY COUNCIL AT 6;30. POTTSVILLE AND TWO RIVERS BOARDS OF EDUCATION WILL MEET AT 7 P/M, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS.
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BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 23-YEAR OLD BLACK MALE SUSPECT, ARRESTED BY POPE COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUTHORITIES ON ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CHARGES. THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS ZACH STOKES, APPEARED ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE POPE COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE DON BOURNE. JUDGE BOURNE FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD THE SUSPECT OVER FOR AN APRIL 30th PLEA AND ARRAIGNMENT HEARING IN POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
BOND WAS ALSO SET AT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 43-YEAR OLD INDENTIFIED AS BARRY DUKE, ARRESTED ON A FELONY WARRANT PERTAINING TO POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER CHARGES. DURING THAT WEDNESDAY COURT SESSION, A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED FOR 32-YEAR OLD KATIE SAENZ, ARRESTED BY RUSSELLVILLE POLICE ON POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIE AND 25-YEAR OLD JUSTIN BEAN, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON FELON IN POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA. THESE SUSPECTS ARE ALSO SCHEDULED TO APPEAR FOR AN APRIL 30th POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT HEARING.
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A CORNERSTONE OF THE RUSSELLVILLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS PASSES. RIVER VALLEY RADIO HAS LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF TROY BURRIS. BURRIS AND HIS BROTHER, ROY OPENED BURRIS OFFICE MACHINES IN 1953 ON MAIN STREET, AND LATER MOVED AND EXPANDED THE BUSINESS TO SOUTH ARKANSAS AVENUE. BURRIS LATER CONVERTED THEIR ORIGINAL BUSINESS LOCATION INTO BURRIS MEMORIAL PARK, ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. A COMMUNITY LEADER, BURRIS WAS ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE WAS AN ARKANSAS TECH GRADUATE, AN AVID ATU SUPPORTER, AN U.S. ARMY OFFICER, AND WAS PART OF AN ARKANSAS TECH MILITARY UNIT THAT SERVED IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, DURING WORLD WAR TWO. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BEING COORDINATED BY HUMPHERY FUNERAL OF RUSSELLVILLE. TROY BURRIS WAS 93.
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