WEEKEND NEWS HEADLINES...

THE DISTRICT 16 STATE SENATE SEAT ELECTION IS JUST DAYS AWAY, AND EARLY VOTING IS CONTINUING. REPUBLICIAN CANDIDATES STAN BERRY AND GREG STANDRIDGE ARE VYING FOR THE SEAT. LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY,  POPE COUNTY REPORTED A TOTAL OF 1681 VOTES, 105  BALLOTS CAST IN NEWTON COUNTY, 27  IN VAN BUREN COUNTY, 9  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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CLARKSVILLE'S FORMER LONG TIME POLICE CHEIF SAYS HE WILL APPEAL HIS RECENT FIRING BY NEW CITY MAYOR MARK SIMPSON.  GREG DONALDSON, POLICE CHEIF FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS AND A 27-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN, WAS DISMISSED BY MAYOR SIMPSON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  DONALDSON SAYS HE WASN'T GIVEN A REASON FOR THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR, AND FILED AN APPEAL ON THURSDAY, REQUESTING A HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.  INDICATIONS ARE THAT COULD OCCUR AS SOON AS MONDAY.  KEVIN WEATHERS, A MEMBER OF THE CLARKSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS INTERIM CHEIF, ACCORDING TO CITY OFFICIALS. 

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CLARKSVILLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE APPROVED THE PURCHACE OF JUST LESS THAN 3-ACRES OF LAND ON CLARK ROAD, TO BE USED AS THE NEW HOME FOR THE DISTRICT'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. DURING A CALLED SESSION OF THE BOARD ON THURSDAY, ITS MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING A 305,705-DOLLAR LEASE PURCHACE AGREEMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR BUILDING REMODELING AND RENOVATIONS OF AN ON-SITE STRUCTURE.  THAT TRACT OF PROPERTY IS 2.83 ACRES AND INCLUDES A 5-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT METAL BUILDING.  PURCHACE PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY ALONE WAS 130-THOUSAND DOLLARS. DISTRICT ADMINSTRATORS SAY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT'S BUS DEPOT AND NOW HOUSED IN THE SAME FACILITY. 

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ATKINS, POTTSVILLE AND PEA RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE DISPATCHED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE IN THE STARK ROAD AREA.  UNITS WERE RESPONDED ABOUT 10:30 P/M THURSDAY, WITH FLAMES SHOWING UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.  AUTHORITIES SAY THE STRUCTURE WAS A TOTAL LOSS, BUT. LUCKILY, NO INJURIES RESULTED.  FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED ON SCENE FOR JUST OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF.

 

RUSSELLVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO REPORTED FIRE AT A RESIDENCE IN THE SOUTH JOPLIN LOOP AREA ABOUT 2 A/M FRIDAY MORNING.  INDICATIONS ARE THE INCIDENT INVOLVED SMOKE IN A HEATING UNIT. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED.

 

IN YELL COUNTY, BELLEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO A FARM EQUIPMENT FIRE.  THE INCIDENT, JUST AFTER 2:30 P/M THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WAS LOCATED ON OLD BOONEVILLE ROAD.  UNITS WERE ON SCENE FOR JUST OVER 30-MINUTES.  NO INDICATION IS AVAILABLE AS TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE, BUT, AUTHORITIES SAY NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

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NEWS HEADLINES FOR 0202-15

TWO DAYS ARE SET ASIDE FOR THE TRIAL OF A POPE COUNTY MAN, ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES LAST YEAR ON ONE COUNT OF RAPE AND TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.  5th DISTRICT PROSECUTOR'S OFFICIALS SAY JURY SELECTION WILL BEGIN TUESDAY IN THE TRIAL OF JIMMY McMULLIN. THAT SUSPECT REMAINS IN THE POPE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.  THAT TRIAL WILL BE HELD IN POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.

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A capital murder charge has been filed against the man accused in the shooting death of a Perryville man last week.  Perry County Sheriff Scott Montgomery says formal charge were filed against 18-year-old Dalton Goodman on Friday.  31-year-old William Bates, died from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest during an incident this past Wednesday, at a Perry County residence.  The sheriff says 25-year-old Connell Goodman was also at the residence at the time of the incident and has been charged with a felon in possession of a firearm. Both individuals are being held at the Perry County Detention center.

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BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 37-YEAR OLD WHITE MALE SUSPECT, ARRESTED BY ATKINS POLICE DEPARTMENT ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES.  THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS JAMES NUNNELLY, APPEARED ON FRIDAY BEFORE POPE COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE DON BOURNE.  JUDGE BOURNE FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD THE SUSPECT OVER FOR A MARCH 2nd PLEA AND ARRAIGNMENT HEARING IN POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.  CHARGES OF DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ARE PENDING IN THIS CASE.

 

BOND WAS ALSO SET AT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 38-YEAR OLD WHITE MALE SUSPECT, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY RUSSELLVILLE POLICE ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES.  THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED BY AUTHORITIES AS DAVID MULLINS, ALSO HAS A MARCH CIRCUIT COURT DATE.

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YELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUTHORITIES ARE SEEKING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC, IN LOCATING A SUSPECT WANTED ON FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY CHARGES.  AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 47-YEAR OLD PAUL WOODALL.  WOODALL IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF ADDITIONAL OUTSTANDING CHARGES IN MONTGOMERY, SCOTT, GARLAND, AND POPE COUNTY.  THE SUSPECT'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN THE LAMAR AREA OF JOHNSON COUNTY.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PAUL WOODALL IS ASK TO CONTACT THE YELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 495-9563. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

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TODAY'S (MON.) MEETING AGENDA INCLUDE... A 6:30 SESSION OF THE LAMAR CITY COUNCIL, IN THEIR CITY HALL.  SEVERAL AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE DARDANELLE CITY COUNCIL DURING AT 7 P/M MEETING.  BOTH THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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