The Madison County Fair opens Saturday, Aug. 29, with the return of the fair parade and continues through Sunday, Sept. 6, with livestock shows, exhibits, a carnival and other activities scheduled throughout the week.
The Huntsville Water Commission received an unmodified opinion on the utility’s 2025 financial audit, with the auditor reporting no disagreements with management and describing deficiencies identified in the report as common among smaller accounting departments.
Work is well underway on a new playground in Clifty, where volunteer firefighters have provided much of the labor to prepare the site for a nearly $100,000 grant-funded park.
The Huntsville School District has lost $314,000 in mostly federal funding over the past two years and expects another reduction in the coming budget year, adding to a $1.4 million loss in state funding.
A trash fire that escaped from a barrel during Madison County’s burn ban sparked a large grass and brush fire southwest of Huntsville on Thursday, Aug. 20, tying up firefighters for several hours and resulting in a citation, according to local fire officials.
Madison County’s purchase of the former Huntsville Water Utilities Office was not yet completed as of Friday, Aug. 14, with attorneys still ironing out final details.
The St. Paul Town Council will host the H2Ozarks organization during the council’s Sept. 8 meeting, which begins at 6 p.m.
The Huntsville Planning Commission considered amending city code to tighten regulations governing grade requirements on slopes for driveways during its Aug. 12 ad hoc meeting.
The Madison County Water Facilities Board learned during its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, that work is expected to resume on the Holman Creek Bridge project .
The Huntsville Parks Commission voted Tuesday, Aug. 11, to purchase an automated external defibrillator and keep it at Mitchusson Park.
In the days before classes started on Wednesday, Aug. 12, the new Kingston School Board was making final decisions before the school year started.
A lengthy pursuit involving a suspect allegedly driving a stolen Penske rental truck came to a soggy conclusion Monday morning when a Bentonville man was arrested while attempting to flee on foot in War Eagle Creek.
The Madison County Planning Board held two public hearings in a week’s time to gather input on a proposed three-year moratorium on data centers in the county.
The Madison County Quorum Court approved a three-year moratorium on data centers during its regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 17.
Police Chief Joshua Herring updated the Huntsville City Council on his plans to restructure his department’s staff after the departure of two officers last week.
The Huntsville Planning Commission discussed plans to enforce city code governing stormwater pollution prevention on small residential construction sites, setback requirements and grades on residential driveways during its Aug. 5 ad hoc meeting.
Four Madison County students received 4-H scholarships at the Arkansas 4-H State O-Rama, a four-day event held on the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus.
The Madison County Planning Board will ask the county’s quorum court to enact a three-year moratorium on data centers.
The news was a mix of positive and negative for the Huntsville School District during the Huntsville School Board’s work session Tuesday, Aug. 4.
The Madison County Clerk’s Office confirmed on Thursday that after the one-week filing period for municipal offices candidates for mayor and city council in Huntsville and St. Paul are running unopposed while no candidates filed in Hindsville.