HS voters will decide on alcohol issue, board seat

By J. Leslie Riseden Bee Contributor

HUGHES SPRINGS -- Residents will go the polls May 6 to cast their vote on an important municipal issue. They will vote on a petition to legalize the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in the city.

Voters will not, however, be casting ballots for city council positions.

Mayor Reba Simpson decided not to seek re-election and council member James Samples filed as a candidate for mayor. Kirk Bradley is running to fill Samples’ vacant seat and council incumbent Jeremy Ale-Ebrahim is running unopposed.

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