East Prairie voters passed the one half of one percent sales tax Tuesday for capital improvements and the operation and maintenance of such improvements, including but not limited to, storm drainage improvements.

The vote was 284 in favor to 174 against. A simple majority was needed to pass, according to County Clerk Junior DeLay.

This will enable the City of East Prairie to complete applications to various state and federal entities for grant funds to make major repairs to the storm drainage system.

In the Charleston R-1 School Board election Jim Browning, Sherry Austin and Earl Farmer won over Leonard S. Gillespie and Clarence "Sam" Zellars.

Browning received 452 votes, Austin received 481 and Farmer 436. Leonard S. Gillespie got 254 votes and Clarence "Sam" Zellars received 384.

In the General Municipal Election for the City of Charleston: Jack Feezor ran unopposed and received 366 votes..

Unofficial returns for the City of Wyatt’s race for Mayor, showed a tie between Donald F. Williams and Riley E. Fitzgerald, Jr. with 45 each with two write-ins recorded by the computerized counting machine.

After a recount Wednesday morning by election judges, Fitzgerald received 46 votes to 45 for Williams. That tally will be the official, certified result of the election (See Bulletin).

In the City of Wyatt Alderman Ward I race, the winner was David Stephens with 27 votes to 23 for Clifton T. Cossey.

For Wyatt Alderman Ward II, Robert J. Dugan, Sr., was running unopposed and received 33 votes.

In the East Prairie R -2 School Board race, there are four terms to be decided, three for three-year terms and one for a one-year term. The three-year terms were won by Ricky Penrod, Ron Howell, and Steve Jones and the one-year term went to Eric C. McGruder.

The vote was 388 for Penrod, 491 for Howell, and 487 for Jones, to 295 for Pat Helms, 281 for Stan Triplett, and 299 for Avery Lynn Hutcheson. In the one-year-term race, Carlla Turnbo received 322 votes to 137 for Jeffrey Bright and 354 for McGruder.

In the City of East Prairie Municipal Election, Shirley Pritchett was reelected to her position on the Board of Aldermen, Ward 1 over Jeffrey Bright with a vote of 88 for Pritchett to 62 for Bright.

For Alderman Ward II: John Arington, running unopposed, received 113 tallies and in Ward III: Karen Coffer, running unopposed, received 139 votes..

In the General Municipal Election for Trustee for the Village of Wilson City, (vote for three) Trent Lane received 14 votes, Marshall Powell received 9 and Essie B. Jones received 11.

City of Bertrand: Alderman Ward I, James L. Baker received 8 votes and in Ward II Stephen McConkey received 34. Both were unopposed.

In the Anniston race for Mayor, Lena Brown was the winner with 60 votes to 9 for Clifton A. Henshaw.

Anniston Alderman Ward I, Betty Jackson received 41 and Alderman Ward II Ladonna Reno rceived 24. Both were unopposed.

General Municipal Election Village of Pinhook: Trustee, (vote for three): Mary Louise Williams received two votes and Cedric Johnson, and Debra Tarver each received three.

In the Kelly R-4 School Board election, (vote for three): Becky Wade, Tammy J. Wadlington, and Greg Birk each received two Mississippi County votes, while Joe Stuckey received none.

Turnout for this election was a grim 21 percent, according to DeLay. Only 1,722 voters out of 8,354 registered residents, turned out.