Stories from Thursday, December 22, 2016

The Marked Tree City Council passed a resolution adopting a proposed budget for 2017. The budget estimates total revenue at $2,619,955 and total expenditures at $2,452,505. The main budget discussion concerned salaries. Mayor Mary Ann Arnold told the council that supervisors would evaluate their employees--with the mayor evaluating supervisors--and raises would be proposed based on those evaluations. ...

The Trumann City Council held their last meeting of 2016, and with no new business on the agenda, the council heard updates on what is going on in the city. Public Works Director Scotty Jones gave an update that the sewer extension under I-555 is almost complete. ...