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Around 3 pm, Gibson began calling 5 jailers to explain their statements and feelings about Perez’ words and actions, during that jail meeting. (more…)

Around 9:45, Hicks asked Nichols about a recording an employee’s spouse made about a rumored Perez candidacy  for sheriff. (more…)

 At 11:40, the hearing broke for lunch, but prior to that, the JPs asked Nichols several questions, dealing with organizational charts and similar topics.

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3: pm Update. At 2:25, jail administrator Courtney Hale was called by Gibson. She recalled an earlier meeting with Nichols, Perez and her.  Everything seemed smooth, until August, when this situation began. (more…)

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Brianna Williams is a first-year student majoring in Ag Business at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).  She plans to compete in goat tie, barrel racing, and break-away roping.   She is excited about the fall rodeo schedule and even more excited about the improved horse barn on campus where she’ll house her horse. The West Monroe, Louisiana native said she visited the horse stalls this past spring.     “They were all panel stalls in there, and these, I mean, whoever built them, they are boarded stalls, and I mean, they are perfect stalls in a way. “Super-duper nice,” said Williams of the new horse stalls. “They are some of the nicest stalls I’ve seen.” (more…)

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At approximately 12:30 PM, Thursday, sources indicate that the driver of the Honda sedan, pictured below, attempted to pull out of the Patriot Truck Stop and entered the highway in front of the northbound asphalt truck, who attempted to swerve to miss of vehicle, but lost control of the big rig and rolled over, dumping his load.

MPD, OEM, and SEEMS responded, although no one was transported to the hospital.

Traffic was diverted into the lanes that were not blocked, as the road was cleared, and fully re-opened, minutes before school traffic.