It will be July before the Fayetteville Board of Mayor and Aldermen settles on a proposed increase in its property tax rate and adopts a budget for fiscal year 2014. In Tuesday’s regular meeting, officials adopted a continuing appropriate and budget ordinance, meaning that the City of Fayetteville will continue operating within constraints set by its fiscal year 2013 budget. The reason, said officials, is that the city is under
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam last week appointed Forest A. Durard, Jr., as circuit court judge for the 17th Judicial District, replacing Judge Robert Crigler, who retired effective May 30. “Forest brings valuable experience to the bench from a career that includes both the public and private sectors,” Haslam said. “I know he will serve the citizens of the 17th district well in this role.” Durard, 51, has been in private
Fayetteville Public Utilities is moving forward with plans to purchase gas customers in the Ardmore area currently being served by Athens Gas Department out of Alabama. FPU officials were approached earlier this year by Athens Gas representatives asking if the utility is interested in serving 164 customers on the Tennessee side of Ardmore. The area includes 18.22 miles of line and a commercial customer, Wolverine Tube. FPU then contracted with
LUCY WILLIAMS, editor and publisher Gregory Scott Collins, city administrator of the City of Newport in East Tennessee from 2008 until this past March when he was dismissed in a 3-2 vote, has been hired as Fayetteville’s new city administrator. Mayor John Ed Underwood confirmed Thursday that Collins had accepted the city’s offer. While he will be in Fayetteville this week to visit, he won’t officially start in the position
Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies conducted a roundup Monday morning in conjunction with the 12 federal search warrants served here several weeks ago. Ten arrests were made in Lincoln County and two in Madison County, Ala., Monday. These are in addition to the two arrests made the day the operation started in May. All charges thus far are federal charges ranging from conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, 280 grams
Fayetteville native Amy McDow Elliott, a contestant on the Discovery Channel’s “The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius”, is a finalist for the show’s big prize. Amy, originally from Fayetteville and currently of Blacksburg, Va., will go head-to-head with her opponent, Corey, in a challenge to build a deployable bridge and claim the $50,000 grand prize. The season finale airs on Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. on Discovery Channel. “The
Lincoln County High School Principal Jacob Sorrells gave notice Thursday that he has accepted a position as the new assistant director of schools in Marshall County. Officials anticipate having a new LCHS principal in place by the first week of July, said Dr. Wanda Shelton, director of schools for the Lincoln County School System. “I have had a principal’s position advertised since early May,” said Shelton Thursday. “I will specify
Residents living in the shadow of a 250-foot-tall cell phone tower just off West Washington Street are continuing their fight against its presence, saying the City of Fayetteville’s allowance of the tower places them in harm’s way. It’s worth noting, too, that in last week’s edition of The Times were three public notices for additional telecommunications towers on Ashby Road in Fayetteville, Pigg Cemetery Road in the Blakeville community of
The Lincoln County Archives has received an $850 grant to help improve the storage conditions of and access to local government records. “I am proud to award this grant to the Lincoln County Archives,” Secretary of State Tre Hargett said. “Archives are important because they store and preserve historical records for our county and municipal governments. It is my hope that this grant will help the county with its archival
Lincoln County High School’s Falcon baseball team will hold its Second Annual
Lady Falcon Basketball Coach Herman Hardin has his fundamental basketball camp scheduled
New members of the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Humane Society Board of Directors for
Frank Davis of Fayetteville won $1 million in Caesars Entertainment’s Harrah’s Tunica,