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Tragic Accident Spawns Highway 79 Safety Coalition

Tragic Accident Spawns Highway 79 Safety CoalitionEver since multiple lives were taken in a crash on Highway 79 nearly two years ago, Audrey Lee of Winfield, wanted to do something to make driving that highway safer. Late last year, she finally got her chance when a group of concerned citizens like her along with first responders and local officials banded together to create the Highway 79 Coalition.“Seconds absolutely count and minutes absolutely count in accidents.

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Troy Board Tables Funding Request for Outer Road

TROY – While the meeting lacked any yelling, name-calling or exclamations of “shut-up,” the presence of a new member of the Troy Board of Aldermen didn’t prevent a couple split votes and disagreements on the proposed construction of an outer road along Highway 61. In his first meeting since being appointed by the mayor and approved by the board, Quentin Laws twice voted to table proposals related to the outer road project first mentioned by Mayor Ron Sconce in February.

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