EARLE, Ark. — UPDATE 7/6/2021: Sunday, Local 24 News' Brittni Clemons told you about a problem that a woman in Earle, Arkansas was having with her yard flooding due to a water main break at a vacant house next to her home.
Gwendolyn Smith said that she had been contacting city officials about the problem for several days, but, she wasn't getting any resolution.
Smith says after Brittni reached out to Earle City Councilman Demetris Johnson and the Earle Water Company, the problem has been fixed.
Smith says the water company went out first thing Monday morning to start working on the issue and completed the repair Tuesday.
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A woman name Gwendolyn Smith from Earle, Arkansas had to cancel her Fourth of July plans Sunday because her front yard flooded. She said about five inches of water sits under her house and the sides of her house. She said the water is coming from a water main break from a vacant home next door. She has been reaching out to city officials since Friday, and now she is worried that the water will start to flood the inside of her home.
"I am sure it will be worse by tomorrow if they don't come out here and fix this problem," Smith said.
She said the town's water company, Earle Water Co. hasn't done anything to help.
"If Danny Clark was here, the water manager, I would tell him this is a shame," she said." If he is really concerned about the citizen's then this shouldn't be. I called Friday."
Local 24 reached out to Earle City Councilman Demetris Johnson. He is over Smith's ward, and he said he is working with the water company to get the issue resolved early next week. We've also reached out to Earle city water company but did not get a response.
"I think it is an emergency, I really do, I mean we can't even enjoy our Fourth of July. I think I'm just as important as any other citizen in Earle.