Questions remain in fight for Jonesboro City Council position | #citycouncil
GREENE COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) – It’s a war over residency for a Jonesboro City Council seat. The fight was taken to a Greene County Courtroom. Ward 1 Position 1 City Council Candidate Janice Porter said they were asking that only votes for qualified candidates be counted in the election. She filed a lawsuit against candidate […]
Read MoreQuestions remain in fight for Jonesboro City Council position | #citycouncil
GREENE COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) – It’s a war over residency for a Jonesboro City Council seat. The fight was taken to a Greene County Courtroom. Ward 1 Position 1 City Council Candidate Janice Porter said they were asking that only votes for qualified candidates be counted in the election. She filed a lawsuit against candidate […]
Read MoreCity’s longest-serving mayor writes ‘My Story: Bringing Beverly Back From The Brink’ | Local News
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BEVERLY — To most Beverly residents in the 1970s, Bill Scanlon was the guy who laid off hundreds of people at the United Shoe Machinery Corp. — the executive who had been brought to town to cut and slash the workforce at the city’s largest employer. So when Scanlon decided to run for mayor in […]
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