A clerk’s resignation sparked a heated staffing debate while the cost of impeachment complicated efforts to remove jailed Alderman Billy Holcomb.

A heated Silex Board of Aldermen meeting brought disputes over the city budget, water service and a fifth alderman into the open before the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded.

A state audit of Bellflower Fire Protection District is putting new attention on fuel receipts and disputed signatures discussed publicly in Silex months ago — and what happened afterward.