Early voting for the May 9 special school board election began this week at the Madison County Courthouse.
Covenant Logistics Group Inc., based in Chattanooga, Tenn., recently purchased Huntsville-based poultry carrier Lew Thompson & Son Trucking Inc. for about $100 million. The acquisition was completed on April 26.
The Elkins City Council last week approved several changes for employees with the city, according to Mayor Troy Reed.
The final push is on for local residents to offer feedback on the future of safer streets and roads in the area, according to the City of Huntsville’s Economic Development Director Brandi Holt.
The Madison County Quorum Court met briefly last week and approved a supplemental appropriations ordinance relating to its solar project.
The Madison County Health Coalition received $25,000 from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) to attend personalized training “to create and maintain safe, healthy and drug-free communities globally,” according to a news release.
The Alcohol Beverage Control Board refused to revoke two local liquor permits after Lonnie Siler and Connie Burkes challenged the board’s constitutionality to issue them.
Audra Kimball, former Huntsville School District superintendent and current personnel and program compliance director, and former junior high school basketball coach Kaleb Houston have been summoned to appear for charges of failure to notify by mandated reporters in the first degree, according to Fourth Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Matt Durrett.
A federal district court judge dismissed a Title IX lawsuit brought by Becky Nelle against the Huntsville School District after approving a settlement proposed by the two parties.
United States District Judge Timothy L. Brooks last week denied the Huntsville School District’s motion seeking to prevent parties in a Title IX lawsuit involving allegations of sexual abuse by members of the Huntsville School District’s basketball team from commenting to the media or posting on social media about the case – essentially a gag order.