PHILLIPS COUNTY—Last Wednesday, Nov. 4, at approximately 5:10 p.m., Deputy John Miner stopped to assist a disabled motorist on Highway 383, midway between Woodruff and Long Island. Pulling in behind two stopped vehicles, Miner activated the emergency lights on his sheriff’s patrol pickup truck. Two families, a total of seven people in two pickup trucks, with the disabled truck towing a trailer as the occupants were moving from Wisconsin to Arizona, were passing through northwest Phillips County.

The Mill Street Market in Alton will be held this Saturday, November 14th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with vendors displaying their wares at The Front Porch Event Center and Bakery, and the Legion Hall, both located on Mill Street.

In last Tuesday’s General Election Adam Bryant and Jesica Kerr won the two Stockton City Commission seats which were up for grabs. Bryant (403) and Kerr (393) outdistanced a third candidate, Leo Inglsbee (222), who was also vying for the position.

The Stockton City Commission has signed a contract with Parkway Construction as a first step for a building design plan of a new facility for the Solomon Valley Manor. At this point in time, the focus will be on developing a design that will meet the present-day needs of the residents and staff. Information about the cost, design, loan and grant applications will be provided to the public by administrator Amanda Atkisson as the project moves forward during the next few months. The Commission also discussed having Atkisson put a committee together to gather ideas from other sources that would best accommodate a new facility for the community.