South Arkansas Reckoning: State representative pleads for Baby Box

By SUZI PARKER | South Arkansas Reckoning

Sheridan is the latest Arkansas city to support a Safe Haven Baby Box.

The city council voted 4-2 during a July meeting for Sheridan to start the process for a baby box. 

At the meeting, Joe Scott, Sheridan’s assistant fire chief, and state Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley), who represents Grant County, spoke to council members about the need for a Baby Box.

At one point, Mayberry, who sat in the audience, stood up and pleaded to the council for the box.

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South Arkansas Reckoning is independent journalism that was created because of pushback from local government and a good ol’ boy — and girl — network that runs deep in Arkansas.


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