Drug ring ready to plead guilty, says motion

Ten defendants, Eugene Slone, Ruth Beckner, Larry Smith, Angela Smith, Danville Little, Malla McCown, Curtis Venters, Tony Short, Amanda Short and Jason Sparkman, implicated in a drug ring and subsequent murder plot involving two cooperating witnesses have moved for a speedy trial, according to a motion filed recently.

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Students stranded at school

Couch makes right call, says Samples  

After a long night of thunder, lightning and rain, things quieted down a bit early Wednesday morning.  “There were no storm warnings from the National Weather Station,” said Superintendent Reecia Samples,  “so school resumed at the usual time.”
After all buses had unloaded the children a hard rain fell for about two and a half hours. That’s all it took. The streams, creeks and rivers had more water than they could handle and their banks began to overflow.

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City Fire Protection Rates Approved

A special City Council Meeting was held Monday evening with the 2nd Reading of Ordinance #2013-006, which set the new fire protection boundaries.

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