The Madison County Library is again gearing up for its Summer Reading Program, which library director Angela Porterfield said is a good way to keep kids involved in reading.

Though pleased with progress made in the construction of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Detention Facility, County Judge Larry Garrett said it is “crunch time” regarding any new tax that would pay for the operation and maintenance of the jail — a tax the quorum court will almost certainly ask the voters for in November.

Madison County Judge Larry Garrett urged the quorum court on Monday night to start thinking about how much it wants to ask voters for a tax to operate and maintain the sheriff’s office and detention facility that is currently under construction and will be completed by July 2025.

The Washington/Madison County Drug Treatment Court seeks to break the revolving cycle of incarceration and addiction for defendants who run an abnormally high risk of going to prison, said Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge Cristi R. Beaumont, who presides over the court.

Ongoing projects at Withrow Springs State Park will interrupt the flow of traffic and limit access to War Eagle Creek, but Assistant Superintendent Adam Leslie said the improvements will be worthwhile.

The Huntsville City Council authorized Mayor Travis Dotson to seek bids for a security system for City Hall and passed on its third reading an ordinance allowing city employees to do limited business with the city.

Sixteen Huntsville High School seniors participated in the SkillsUSA National Signing Day event held at the Career and Technical Education Center on May 7.

The Huntsville School District does not qualify for a specific kind of funding that would have made lunches free for the entire district next school year, the Huntsville School Board learned Monday night.

Huntsville Mayor Travis Dotson had a message for the employees of Ducommun during a luncheon on May 8 celebrating the company’s 175 years of continuous operation: “If you’re not familiar with Ducommun, you’re not familiar with Huntsville, Arkansas.”

The Huntsville School Board hired Bryan Law as interim superintendent in a special board meeting that immediately followed its regular monthly board meeting on May 14. 

The Huntsville Planning Commission approved a new plat for the Highland Park subdivision last week during the panel’s weekly ad hoc meeting. 

By making small improvements, ACT scores are almost to the pre-pandemic numbers, officials at the Huntsville School District announced recently. 

The Highway 23 North bridge on War Eagle Creek, on the south side of Withrow Springs State Park, will be replaced.

Madison County citizens can take advantage of the convenience of obtaining a passport here at home now that the County Clerk’s Office is recognized as a U.S. Passport Acceptance Facility.

The Huntsville School Board voted unanimously to hire a search firm to aid in the search for a new superintendent. At a special board meeting on Monday, the board hired McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, a national firm represented by Dr. Kieth Williams.

On April 9, St. Paul High School took 16 students, two teachers, and one parent to FCCLA’s state leadership conference and STAR event competitions in Hot Springs. FCCLA is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students, in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education. 

Huntsville High School’s SkillsUSA advisor Sherri Plumlee, the high school’s RN, was named state advisor of the year this month at the state convention held in Hot Springs.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated 15,000 pounds of food to Open Arms food pantry in Huntsville on Monday.

Students and parents in the Huntsville School District are familiarizing themselves with a new School Resource Officer with the hiring of Michael Henson, who started working with Huntsville Sgt. Chuck Melton on the campuses last week.