Stories from Monday, January 10, 2005

The question of a mistrial was to be decided when the trial of Jay Rex "Jaybird" Etchison, 39, of Oak Grove resumed today, Jan. 7, in Berryville. Etchison is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, a Class B felony. ...

An Arkansas State police investigator and the county prosecutor's office are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by two jailers after a grievance was filed by two inmates at the county jail, according to Sheriff Chuck Medford. The sheriff said Thursday he could not release specific details about the allegations until the investigation was complete, which he said would likely be within this month...

by Ken O'Toole, CCN staffwriter BERRYVILLE ---- A local man is being held on $50,000 bond after being charged with three counts of rape of young children. Corey Ray Poe, 21, of Berryville, is accused of raping the children over a period of time before he was arrested on Jan. 1, and charged with rape, intimidating a witness, and first-degree terroristic threatening. He was also charged with an unrelated warrant for failure to pay fines...

The Green Forest senior high teams haven't racked up that many wins this season, but are beginning to make opposing coaches sweat as their play improves. The Tiger boys held a strong Pea Ridge team to just 56 points in a 1AAA battle Tuesday night, and improved their offense with a 46 point outing, even though it was a loss...

The Berryville Bobcat senior high basketball teams split two close games with the Prairie Grove Yellow Tigers on Tuesday, with Coach Brent Compton's senior boys winning 53-48 to push their record to 12-4 overall, 5-1 in 1AAA play. Coach Matt Carter's senior girls never got untracked and lost 36-40, dropping their record to 12-5, 5-1...

When you travel to Pirates Point at Cedarville to play with Pirates, you can expect to take some losses if the legends are true. That's what happened to the Eureka Springs Highlander senior high basketball teams on Tuesday when Cedarville escaped with two 1AA victories...

Dorothy L. Mason, 86, died Dec. 24, 2004, at the Eureka Springs Hospital. Graveside services were Dec. 29, 2004, at the Canton Cemetery in Canton, Miss. Breeland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. A native of Holmes County, Miss., she had lived in Madison, Miss., before moving to Eureka Springs. She was a member of the Assembly of God in Berryville...

ROSALIE LITTRELL a resident of Golden, Mo., was born Oct. 5, 1918, in Birmingham, Ala., a daughter of William and Mary (Lamb) Wyatte. She died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 86. Mrs. Littrell was a homemaker. In 1948, she was united in marriage with Rex Littrell, who survives her of the home. ...

Floyd Everett Hale, 69, of Hot Springs, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 in a local hospital. Born March 12, 1935 in Berryville, Ark., to Blaine and Clara Skoals Hale, he was a retired supervisor with Farmers Home Administration, a U.S. Army Veteran and a Christian...

Raymond "Dale" Guthrie, 68, of Green Forest, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, at his daughter's home in Springdale. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, in Kim, Colo., to the late Levi Raymond and Eva Mae Harris Guthrie. He received his education from Kim High School in Kim, Colo. He moved to Green Forest from Englewood, Colo., in December of 1975. He worked for Tyson's in Green Forest as a security guard for 22 years...

Troy W. Allred was born in George, Ark., Oct. 7, 1930. He died on Dec. 14 at Mee Memorial Hospital. He was 74. Mr. Allred, formerly of Carroll County, served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict from March 30, 1948 to Oct. 12, 1951. He was a Purple Heart veteran. After his discharge from the military, he worked 23 years for the City of Greenfield Police Department from patroman to chief of police. He was a U.S. Department of Army civilian employee from June 19, 1977 to March 23, 1998...

On Sunday, Jan. 16, Berryville Baptist Church will be celebrating its 20th year of ministry. Berryville Baptist Church was started as mission out of Open Door Baptist Church in Harrison in January 1985. Rev. Howard Braymer was the pastor then and is still there today. Plans call for Pastor Braymer to be on hand for the afternoon service...

There are no guarantees on this earth; stuff happens; tension builds; bad things happen to good people; the world can be too much with us; when one of three ---- the physical body, the spirit, and the soul ---- is out of balance, the entire person is affected...