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 Huntsville School Board finalized two issues during a special meeting Monday night. First, the board approved a new salary schedule that complies with the new LEARNS Act.

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 Huntsville Water Department is seemingly closer to getting a long-awaited Wastewater Treatment Plant permit, its first since 2010.

Last weekend’s citywide cleanup in Huntsville produced 40 yards or about four tons of trash, Planning Director Jennifer Thomas told the Huntsville Planning Commission on Monday night.

After Linda Lewis resigned as St. Paul mayor in a surprise move last Thursday and even after the appointment and swearing in of Ron Springston as her replacement, St. Paul remains without a mayor until at least May 9.

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.