 |
|
New pot laws creating changes for law enforcement
'Always illegal' is now 'maybe legal'
|  | Sheridan Police Chief Jason Teague, flipping through the 38 pages of Amendment 98, also known as Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, says he and his staff are ready to accommodate the new law, which makes possession of medicinal marijuana legal. Photo by Byron Tate |
Arkansas voters approved Amendment 98 to the Constitution in 2016, and in May, the state became the 33rd in the nation where medical marijuana can be purchased legally – so law enforcement has had awhile to get used to the idea.
Still, the fact that on one day, any possession of marijuana was illegal and the next, it might be legal is taking some getting used to.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
|
|
June 26, 2019 00:16
| Tull neighbors hold noses at pig smell; town council ready to act |
|
The Tull Town Council is ready to act on the complaints of some residents as it considers a proposed ordinance aimed at limiting the ability of someone to raise pigs in the city limits, but the farmer who is raising pigs said no one has mentioned to him that there’s a problem.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 25, 2019 23:49
| | GCQC votes to move transfer station | After months of discussion about the location of the county’s transfer station, the Grant County Quorum Court voted on Monday, June 17 to approve the move.
Currently, the transfer station is located at the entrance to the ball fields at the Sheridan Recreation Center on Highway 46. The vote will move the station to an area near the Grant County Road Department on Oklahoma Street. To avoid traffic problems, residents of Grant County will access the transfer station through Gatzke Drive instead of Oklahoma Street.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 25, 2019 23:52
| | Every vote counts!
Orman wins school board election by 5 votes | Jeremy Orman tiptoed to a 5-vote victory in a runoff bid for a seat on the Sheridan School Board, and while his opponent, Jan Caldwell, said she was not going to ask for a recount, she did express concern about the low number of polling places open to patrons on election day.
Voters took to the polls in May to settle a three-person race that itself was razor close. In that election, Orman received 488 votes, Caldwell got 481, and Margaret Dobson received 421. In Tuesday’s runoff, Orman received 728 votes to Caldwell’s 723.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 26, 2019 00:09
| | Plethora of proposals fill Sheridan School Board agenda | The Sheridan School Board met at the Central Administration Building at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 10 and navigated through an agenda full of proposals of changes for the 2019-2020 school year among other items.
The meeting kicked off with the district’s monthly Spotlight Successes. Sheridan Junior High School advisor Allison Michau earned first and second place in Region 2 for the Economics Arkansas Stock Market Award. Sheridan Intermediate School advisor Sheri DeSoto was the first and second place winner in Region 2 in the Elementary School Division of the awards.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 26, 2019 00:11
| | Mayor to call special City Council meeting | At the June meeting of the Sheridan City Council, the topic of an ordinance violation came up in terms of the Legacy Pointe subdivision on Highway 270.
This marked the second time that Spud Properties, run by Cliff Crouse and Chad Graves, had run afoul of a city ordinance that mandates the minimum distance houses must be from the property line.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 26, 2019 00:12
| | Kick Start Sheridan discusses new ball fields | Dozens of members of Kick Start Sheridan filled Sheridan City Hall on Friday, June 21 to hear a proposal about moving the Sheridan Little League baseball fields from its current location to the Sheridan Recreation Center.
Kick Start Sheridan Co-Chair Brad McGinley kicked off the meeting saying this “could be the first meeting of many.”
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 26, 2019 00:13
| | Officers change at Poyen School Board | The Poyen School Board met on Thursday, June 20 at the Jerry and Ouida Newton Arena one of the items on the agenda was naming the officers of the board for the upcoming year.
The board has traditionally had a rotating schedule for deciding who fills which position. Two of the positions were to be filled by members who are no longer on the board, so the members that replaced them filled the officer positions. When the board reconvenes in August, the new school board president will be Rachel Wallis, while the vice president will be Kelli Hopkins. Brad Austin will fill the role of secretary.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
| |
June 26, 2019 00:14
| | Subdivision spacing issue resurfaces |
|
A familiar issue was revisited at the Sheridan City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 4.
At the June 2018 City Council meeting, an irregularity was discovered at Legacy Pointe Subdivision, in which the first four houses were built too close to each other.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
| |
June 11, 2019 11:55
| | Reynolds' murder case moving closer to having trial date set |
|
The case involving a March 28 shooting in the community of Grapevine that left one dead and two injured is one step closer to going to trial.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
| |
June 11, 2019 12:08
| | Foreign Exchange Student
program rewarding for
both student, host |
|
When one hears the phrase “foreign exchange student,” one probably pictures an upper-middle class teenager from France, Germany, Great Britain, or any other western European democracy studying abroad in the United States. Sixteen-year-old Naan does not fit this stereotype.
Naan was raised in a devout Buddhist family living under the rule of the military dictatorship of Thailand. Fortunately, Naan’s family owns a successful travel company and when Naan got the chance to spend a year studying abroad in the United States, he jumped on it immediately.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
| |
June 11, 2019 12:11
|
|
|
|
|
