(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs City Council voted to censure and remove Councilman Dave Donelson from his committee assignments on Tuesday, July 2, following a special meeting. With the special meeting came an angry crowd that showed up in support of Donelson and his decision to question other council members for taking what he called […]
Lancaster County Councilman Allen Blackmon resigned his District 6 council seat Monday, midway through his four-year term, to pursue a seat in the South Carolina legislature. Blackmon, 70, won the Republican primary for the SC Senate District 27, beating incumbent Sen. Penry Gustafson, garnering more than 80% of the vote on June 11, The State […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Following social media posts referencing a shooting in Bolivar, Tennessee, Councilman Chris Williams issued the following statement: I write this post with a heavy heart and a deep concern for our community following the disturbing events that unfolded last night during a block party called the “Freaknik” in downtown Bolivar. Reports indicate […]
Jun. 19—JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown city councilman who passed away last week is remembered for loving and helping his community. Dan Buchanan passed away at his home on June 10 at age 86. He was serving his third four-year term on the Jamestown City Council. Mayor Dwaine Heinrich said he worked with Buchanan in various […]
A now-former city councilman in Swainsboro, Georgia has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges. Quantavius Foster Sr. was suspended from the Swainsboro City Council after they became aware of his guilty plea, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on April 30. In August 2019, a grand jury […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Henderson City Councilman Dan Stewart denied any conflict of interest following a vote on a major redevelopment project—which he previously consulted on. Residents reached out to 8 News Now last week to investigate Dan Stewart’s Nov. 21, 2023 vote on the Three Kids Mine remediation and development and asked if he had any conflict […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — Republicans went to the polls Tuesday and will have made one significant change to the Delaware County Council. Unofficial results show Brad Bookout was nominated to an at-large seat on council, carrying 19.91% of votes in the GOP race or 4,727 votes. Jessica Piper, president of the council, received 19.96%t of the […]
Biloxi Councilman Robert Leon Deming III resigned from his Ward 4 seat Tuesday after 10 years and addressed the decision during a press conference at City Hall. With his girlfriend and daughter by his side, Deming said that his time serving the city that he loves ended at 5:30 p.m. Deming made the announcement six […]
Former Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee and three workers from his supermarket chain were named in a new federal indictment unsealed Friday, with Loloee now accused of filing false tax returns and cheating workers out of pay they were owed. The superseding indictment names Loloee and his supermarket general manager, Karla Montoya, who were both […]
A law originally aimed at adding restrictions for private sellers at gun shows would be repealed in Volusia County under a proposal from District 3 Councilman Danny Robins. Robins, who owns a business that is federally licensed to sell firearms, said he supports repealing a section of the County Code adopted in 1999 that requires […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A St. Louis County councilman wants to address everything from potholes to worn-out streets giving drivers grief. He’s pushing the county government to spend more than $20 million of the Rams-NFL settlement money to repair bad streets and roads. Councilman Mark Harder says there is about $200 million in work […]
Feb. 26—Before Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel started ruffling feathers on the city council, he was irritating his neighbors. Merkel grew up in a car family and has carried that passion into adulthood, amassing a collection of vehicles at his home in the Ponderosa neighborhood near the Phillips Creek Trailhead. At any given time, […]