From Lillie Cook of the Mayor's Office:

At the April meeting, the City Council approved the low bid and gave approval to apply for two grants for the construction of the new airport terminal building.  It was suggested that upon approval of the grants we call a special meeting to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the contract for construction.

A Special Council meeting has been called for Thursday, May 17 at 12:30 p.m. here at City Hall as the City has received approval confirmation from the Department of Aeronautics on both grants.  

Second item will be the review and approval of the agreement for the development of Sowell Street with any adjacent developers.

Sheriff Ricky Shourd and his staff will hold a ceremony to honor the memory of those officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

The event coincides with National Police Week and will take place Thursday at 2pm at the White County Law Enforcement Center (on site of the memorial). The speaker will be State Representative Jeremy Gilliam. Last year the Sheriff hosted an official dedication of a permanent memorial in front of the entrance to the Sheriff’s Office. The memorial contains the names of all officers who have died in the line of duty in White County as far back as 1899 and as recently as 2005.

The ceremony will include the placing of a wreath at the memorial and full honors will be presented by the Arkansas Sheriff’s Association Honor Guard. Each fallen officer will be recognized as well as any family members in attendance. There will also be a moment of silence to honor those Arkansas officers who have fallen in the last 12 months.