Stories from Friday, September 16, 2016

After two days of uncertainty last week, Chad Henderson was reinstated as Lepanto Police Chief after a special council meeting Thursday, Sept. 8. On Tuesday, Sept. 6, Mayor Dale Dunlap had demoted Henderson to a patrolman, but Henderson said he would rather resign. Henderson quit, the mayor appointed David Kinney as police chief, and several other police employees quit, prompting three council members to call a special meeting Thursday...

The Marked Tree City Council discussed several items of business Monday night. Chief among them were changes the city needs to make following a recent audit. Mayor Mary Ann Arnold began the business portion of the meeting by reading a statement in which she said it had come to her attention that she would be asked to resign that night. ...

The Trumann Police Department was honored by the Arkansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program at the Trumann City Council's monthly meeting Monday night. Director Gary Sipes of the Arkansas Association of Police Chiefs presented Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson with the certificate showing that the police department has met all 188 standards, becoming only the fourth agency in the state to receive accreditation. ...

The proposed one cent sales tax for Trumann passed Tuesday by a close margin. According to unofficial results from County Clerk Teresa Rouse's office, the tax passed 376-312. The tax is to be used as a revenue stream for several city improvements which are part of a long range plan for Trumann. ...