Page 39 - Stone County News Today

Voters in Stone County said yes to a new tax that will bring $1 million to the 911 call center.

12 projects, costing $393 million, are ongoing or recently completed in the region.

C Spire, a diversified telecommunications and technology services company, is rapidly expanding its fiber infrastructure by bringing 5G service to the residents of Wiggins, Mississippi.

Governor Mike Parson announced that sheriff's offices across the state of Missouri will be getting grant money to beef up security and make other improvements at jails.

Residents and power crews continued to dig out and restore power in storm-ravaged Pulaski and Cross counties while the National Weather Service in North Little Rock monitored an approaching storm system that has most of the state bracing for another round of high winds and possible tornado activity.

Storm-weary Arkansans are keeping a nervous eye on the skies as the state prepares for the possibility of another round of severe weather on the heels of Fridays tornadoes that wreaked havoc in two counties.

While Saturday was a day to gauge the breadth of the damage wrought by an EF3 tornado that crashed through the area Friday afternoon, Sunday was a day to grasp the depth of the task at hand to recover.

If Saturday was a day to measure the breadth of the damage wrought by an EF-3 tornado on Friday afternoon, then Sunday was a day to gauge the depth of the recovery required.

First responders from around the coast gathered Saturday morning for training to help equip them for on-the-water emergencies.

A staff meteorologist with the National Weather Service in North Little Rock said Sunday that officials are surveying three counties located west, north and east of Pulaski County to determine if damages reported there were caused by tornadoes or straight-line winds.