LINKER MOUNTAIN, DOVER CITY AND RURAL , AND THE HATLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED SATURDAY MORNING TO A FLU FIRE AT A HOME IN THE 400-BLOCK OF OWEN WAITE ROAD. UNITS RESPONDED ABOUT 8:50 A/M, AND HAD THE BLAZE EXTENGUISHED JUST BEFORE 9:30 A/M. NO INJURIES RESULTED, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, BUT, NO INFORMATION ON ANY DAMAGE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
AUTHORITIES SAY AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE PEDESTRIAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. MARY’S REGIONAL MED-CENTER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WITH UNDETERMINED INJURIES, AFTER BEING STRUCK BY AN ON-COMING CAR. THE INCIDENT, JUST BEFORE 3 P/M, OCCURRED NEAR THE STREET INTERSECTION WITH NORTH GREENWICH. THE VICTIM’S INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES.
POPE COUNTY SHERIFF SHANE JONES HAS RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FOUND DECEASED AT A RESIDENCE ON DOUBLE SPRINGS ROAD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD. THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 34-YEAR OLD MIRANDA HARRIS AND 32-YEAR OLD CLYDE DANIEL HARRIS OF CROW MOUNTAIN. POPE COUNTY SHERIFF SHANE JONES SAYS WHILE HIS DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, INITIAL EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE INDICATES HOMICIDE/SUICIDE. AUTHORITIES INDICATED THE BODIES OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS, EXHIBITED APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS. JONES SAYS THE BODIES OF BOTH SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR AUTOPSY.
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AS OF LATE FRIDAY, SOME 164 BALLOTS HAD BEEN CAST, IN EARLY VOTING FOR NEXT TUESDAY'S DOVER SCHOOLS MILLAGE ELECTION. POPE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION HEADQUARRTERS IN RUSSELLVILLE IS SERVING AS THE LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING. FUNDS FROM THE PROPOSED MILLAGE ADDITION WOULD BE USED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NEEDED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. IF APPROVED, THAT INCREASE WOULD RAISE THE MILLAGE FROM 40.30 TO 43.50. ELECTION DAY VOTING WILL BE AT THE DOVER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. EARLY VOTING CONTINUES THRU NEXT MONDAY.
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