Grant County News

$16 adv., $20 d.o.s. There's a lot in rising country star Justin Moore's official bio about his young life in Poyen , population 272 in the last census.

Hea s from the small town of Poyen, population 272, in Grant County. Moore is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Friday at The Village, Asher and University avenues.

HILL COUNTRY REVUE PINK SPIDERS CELTIC WOMAN THURSDAY 6/25 A HILL COUNTRY REVUE 9 p.m., Revolution.

Damage is reported today in at least 10 Arkansas counties from storms that moved through last night and this morning.

The Grant County Quorum Court met last week in regular session with much of the discussion focusing on recent flood damage to the county road system and the resulting needed road repairs.

The Sheridan City Council met for departmental reports during its regular monthly meeting held last week on May 5 at 6 p.m. at Sheridan City Hall.

As with any struggling economy, the effects can be seen nationwide, statewide and on a local county basis.

A special judge has been appointed by the Arkansas Supreme Court to replace 4th Judicial Circuit Judge William Storey.

The Grant County Quorum Court met last week to discuss the expected completion of the new Grant County Rescue building, renovations to restrooms at Cox Creek, CSEPP radios for school buses, and a decrease in sales tax collections as well as an increase in the unemployment rate for the county.

The Grant County Election Commission has voted to change the polling site for Simpson 1 Township in an effort to make it more handicap accessible.

A Tornado Watch is in effect for parts of southeast Arkansas until 5:00 p.m. The storms are forming ahead of a low pressure system moving from Texas to northwest Arkansas.

A Grant County highway project will receive funding from the federal stimulus package, according to a report from Grant County Judge Kemp Nall to the Grant County Quorum Court at its regular monthly session held last week on March 16 at 7 p.m. in the courthouse.

The dedicated volunteer firefighters in Grant County respond day and night to calls for help in the community.

The Tull Marshal's Office no longer exists. A Memorandum of Understanding signed by both the Town of Tull and the Grant County Sheriff's Office puts into effect an agreement between the two for the Grant County ...

Each day Roy Browning looks over every car in his lot at Grant County Ford in Sheridan.

The Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial made a brief stop in Sheridan on Saturday.

Myrtis Veda Shoptaw Tucker of Sheridan, Ark., was born Aug. 10, 1915, at the Detonti Community in Grant County, the daughter of the late Samuel Jtilden and Nancy Adeline Gillis Shoptaw.