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When it comes to shelter from the storm, you're mostly on your own (Local News ~ 04/06/06)
If a tornado is bearing down, you're likely on your own. Carroll County, like many other areas around the county, has very few public storm shelters. This is tough news for some, like Glenda Henderson, who cares for a wheelchair-bound stroke patient in her Berryville home... -
Six in 7th send Bobcats past Saints (High School Sports ~ 04/06/06)
SPRINGDALE -- When the bats speak, the score speaks for itself. Last Friday in a 1AAA Conference match with the Shiloh Christian Saints, the Berryville Bobcat baseball team racked up 19 runs on 20 hits and posted their first conference win, 19-16. BV- 19R-20H-1E... -
Berryville and surrounding areas Police and Fire Dispatches
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/06/06)
Week of March 27 March 27 12:08 a.m. -- An alarm at a Sycamore Street residence was checked by police. Everything was okay. 2:38 a.m. -- Police were dispatched to Tyson Foods in response to a bomb threat, which was determined to be a hoax. 10:15 a.m. -- Police spoke to the owner of an injured dog near West Freeman Street and Country Court...
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Eureka Springs and surrounding areas Police and Fire Dispatches
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/06/06)
Week of March 27 March 27 9:52 a.m.-- Caller reported a noise complaint on Main St. Officer asked workers to turn music down. 10:32 a.m.-- Caller reported a strong smell of smoke near Gaskins Switch. Officer stated a business had been issued a burn permit by fire department. Upon checking, fire department ordered fire to be put out because there was not adequate supervision...
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Irene O. McCollough
(Obituary ~ 04/06/06)
IRENE O. McCOLLOUGH, 80, of Green Forest, died Wednesday, March 29, at Carroll County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Berryville. She was born on Sept. 1, 1925, in Coffeyville, Kan., to the late Glen Colton and Minnie (Lear) Colton. She married Kenneth McCollough on Dec. 12, 1942. In her younger years she helped work their farm in the Rudd community and was employed at Ocama Foods, which is now Tyson Foods. She devoted herself to her family and enjoyed gardening, fishing, and caregiving...
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Thomas C. "Tom" Marshall
(Obituary ~ 04/06/06)
THOMAS C. "Tom" MARSHALL, 44, of Green Forest, died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. Tom was born May 5, 1961, in Kansas City, Mo., a son of Cecil Marshall and Cleo (Hunter) Marshall. He was a former truck driver. He currently worked for Tyson Foods in Green Forest in the maintenance department. He was a member of Bass Masters, Green Forest Bass Club, and the NRA...
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Tommie Lee Few Eveland
(Obituary ~ 04/06/06)
TOMMIE LEE FEW EVELAND of Wichta, Kan., formerly of Stigler, Okla., was born Oct. 8, 1925 in Beaver Mountain, Okla. to Henry Burton Few and Emma Brents Few and died March 24, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 80. She is survived by five daughters, Emma Wallin and husband Jim of Sedgwick, Kan., Linda Roberts and husband Chris of Wichita, Charlotte Eveland of Newton, Kan., Michelle Williams and husband David of Eureka Springs, and Chastity Sprenger of Newton, Kan.; one son, Shawn Eveland of Newton, Kan.; 18 nephews and nieces; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.. ...
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David Beals Cassady
(Obituary ~ 04/06/06)
DAVID BEALS CASSADY, a resident of Eureka Springs from 1942 to 1946, and the son of former Eureka Springs residents Constance and Edward Wagner, David Cassady died Feb. 20, 2006, in Pinole, Calif. He was born in Chicago on December 15, 1926. He graduated from Eureka Springs High School in 1945 and served in the Army toward the end of World War II, then settled in Berkeley, Calif. ...
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Excerpts of "The Great Gatsby" to appear for next five weeks (Local News ~ 04/06/06)
For five consecutive weeks, Carroll County News Midweek Edition will publish excerpts of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby as part of a reading program developed by the National Endowment for the Arts called The Big Read. Carroll County News is one of many newspapers in Arkansas to publish excerpts of The Great Gatsby in this national reading initiative designed to encourage Americans to read (and re-read) great works of literature... -
Eureka teen dies in one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 187 Friday
(Local News ~ 04/06/06)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- A one-vehicle accident on Arkansas Hwy. 187, 7.5 miles west of Eureka Springs, left one person dead and another severely injured Friday night, according to Arkansas State Police. Ryan K. Thomas, 18, of Eureka Springs was pronounced dead at the scene. Whitney C. Anderson, 20, of Holiday Island, was taken by Air Med to St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Arrangements for Thomas are pending at Nelson's Funeral Home in Berryville...
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Column: "The Sports Trail": Going out on a limb picking Florida as national champs -- maybe
(High School Sports ~ 04/06/06)
by David McNeal I'm going to go out on a limb here and pick Florida to win the national basketball championship that was played Monday night. I know, I know, you're reading this on Tuesday or Wednesday and I'm writing it Monday at noon, hours before the two teams lock up and go at it in Indianapolis...
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