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The budget and personnel committees of the Madison County Quorum Court met Monday to decide on a request made by Sheriff Ronnie Boyd at the court’s March 18 meeting to add one sergeant’s position and seven new corporal’s positions to his department.

Earlene England marked her 50th year with Arvest Bank Huntsville (formerly First National Bank), becoming the fourth-longest tenured  associate in the bank’s four-state coverage area. England modestly declares it’s “not that big a deal,” ascribing her achievement to a strong lifelong work ethic.

The Huntsville School District will have a four-day school week next year after the Huntsville School Board approved the change in a 5-1 vote. Board President Whitney Comer voted against the motion and Board Member Natalie Swafford was absent.

With 2,415 total votes cast, unofficial results from the 2024 Preferential Primary were announced by Madison County Clerk Austin Boatright Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. Polls closed at 7:30 p.m.

Most Madison County residents participating in a recent survey conducted by the City of Huntsville said they enjoy the small town community but recognize growth and change are coming and should be embraced and planned. 

Parents in the Huntsville School District who participated in a recent follow-up paper ballot survey indicated their preference for a four-day school calendar for the 2024-25 school year, district officials reported Monday. 

The Record is taking a closer look at issues facing Madison County and how candidates plan to address those issues.

Local merchants are gearing up for what they say is one of the busiest — if not the busiest — holiday of the year: Valentine’s Day.

Dist. 28 State Sen. Bryan King expressed dissatisfaction with the State of Arkansas’ response to the plight of former growers for Cooks Venture, which unexpectedly announced it would close last November.

Medical-care offerings continue to expand in Madison County as Boston Mountain Rural Health Center aims to complete its after-hours urgent-care facility this summer. A new health-care facility, …

Madison County citizens can expect better and faster service in the event of a medical crisis with the long-awaited addition of a third ambulance crew to the Madison County Emergency Medical Service (EMS).

The Huntsville City Council on Monday authorized Mayor Travis Dotson to pursue a line of credit in the amount of $580,000 to purchase two pieces of property from Charles Coger and Lois Jean Coger totaling $350,000, of which Dotson said the city will be reimbursed $200,000 by the Huntsville Airport Commission.

Madison County residents awoke to a very late White Christmas Friday morning, as a promised wet snow event occurred in the early morning hours, blanketing city streets and county roads. City of …

Madison County Sheriff Ronnie Boyd, left, and Madison County Judge Larry Garrett meet Tuesday morning in front of the blueprints for the new Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Jail which is located on 19.22 acres behind the Arkansas Department of Transportation off of Highway 412B East.

The prospect of increasing tourism at Withrow Springs State Park and in Huntsville is on the radar of the Natural State Advisory Council, a group appointed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in January 2023 and tasked with growing the state’s outdoor economy.

Second-grade students from Watson Primary School in Huntsville sing Christmas songs at the Madison County Courthouse on Friday.

About 50 chicken growers affected by the closing of poultry company Cooks Venture met Dec. 7 in Green Forest to discuss their legal and financial options. The meeting was attended by Patrick Fisk, Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission director; District 28 State Sen. Bryan King, and Eddie Todd, president of the Mo-Ark Poultry Growers Association and incoming president of Arkansas Farmers Union. The farmers also heard from Tray Kitchens, a Little Rock lawyer who said the growers might have a case against Cooks Venture.

Former chicken growers for Cooks Venture, a Decatur-based poultry company that recently declared it will close, will gather at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Train Depot in Green Forest to discuss their future and, according to one farmer, put together a plan for potential litigation.

As the result of an agreement with the Madison County Quorum Court to purchase a new roll-off truck, fees have been increased at the Recycling Transfer Station in Huntsville and a station in Kingston closed in order to make the Solid Waste Department profitable. Even though County Judge Larry Garrett said he would like to find a way to re-open the Kingston station, he expects the station to close permanently on Saturday.

Polk Square in Huntsville lit up for the Christmas season Friday at the annual Lighting of the Square.

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