By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Sharp County Quorum Court met for the first time under new County Judge Mark Counts on Jan.2 with a relatively short agenda. Under the new business portion of the agenda, the court passed an ordinance for the county to add a line item to account for funds from a grant received by Circuit Judge Adam Weeks, who presides over juvenile cases in the county. The U.S. Department…
Photo/Tammy CurtisSeveral residents of Ozark Acres were present as Deb Lumley, the woman who filed the lawsuit against the Ozark Acres SID for illegal tax exaction last week, spoke to the court. Lumley asked if the county would take the Acres in if the SID were dissolved. Several option for the future of the SID were discussed, but none were resolved. By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Several agenda items were resolved at…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor DID YOU KNOW?• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.• 65 percent of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner; 96% of the victims of these crimes are female.• Only 18 percent of women who had experienced partner abuse in the last 12 months reported the abuse to the police.• 40.8…
Several area public service agencies were happy to get their share of over $1 million in American Rescue Plan funds from Sharp County last night.
