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- Advertisement - (L-R) Alderman David Leech, City Attorney Elizabeth Skinner, and Mayor Norma Strabala listen to a presentation by Michael McBryde of Stephens, Inc., on the reissuing of bonds to fund repairs to city infrastructure. The Stuttgart City Council voted to hold a special election during which voters will decide whether the city can refinance bonds to fund street and drainage repairs. Before the start of the regular meeting, the council heard a presentation from Michael McBryde, sen...

Newly elected Stuttgart Mayor Norma King Strabala presided over her first city council meeting Tuesday night. The first meeting of the Stuttgart City Council under newly-elected Mayor Norma King Strabala was held Tuesday, May 4. All members of the council were present at the meeting. The council’s first business was filling Strabala’s former city council seat, Ward 2 Position 2, which was vacated when she was sworn in on April 26. Ward 2 alderman Kyle Noble nominated local businessman Da...

JONESBORO, Ark. – Stuttgart is bringing 100% fiber high-speed internet services to local residents with funds from a recently awarded $6.1 million Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) Broadband Grant. Ritter Communications, a leading regional broadband provider headquartered in Jonesboro, has been selected by city officials to partner with Stuttgart to establish Fiber-to-the-Home infrastructure that will provide high-quality, high-speed internet access to homes. “Ritter Communications is committed ...

Stuttgart City Council heard a proposal last night from local businessman David Leech for a study on a one-cent sales tax to help fund repairs of city streets. Street woes dominated much of Tuesday night’s Stuttgart City Council meeting, held at city hall with all aldermen present. The conversation sparked when local businessman David Leech addressed the council and suggested a plan to improve city streets, which he said need a major overhaul. “We’re gonna have to do something,” Leech s...

The historic Addison House in Leechburg is set to reopen to the public after a five-year closure. The once-popular First Street eatery shut its doors in 2012 amid financial woes after the tragic death of co-owner Laura Stettmier in an October 2011 plane crash in West Virginia. John and Devra Gromley of Upper Burrell purchased Addison House in March 2015 for $106,000. The couple plan to name the business 1st Street Cafe. They intend to open sometime this year. “I don’t have a timeline on whe...