Stories from Thursday, June 29, 2006

BERRYVILLE -- The Arkansas Ethics Commission has found that Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers was in violation of state standards involving finances, according to letters obtained by Carroll County News. Two letters dated June 7 were issued by Ethics Commission Director Graham F. Sloan stating that two letters of caution had been issued to Rogers, and that he was fined a total of $225...

WEEK OF JUNE 19 June 19 6:05 p.m. -- Police followed up at an East Main residence. 6:35 p.m. -- Police responded to a suspicious vehicle at Harp's. 6:45 p.m. -- Police called a wrecker service. June 20 4:28 p.m. -- Police responded to a traffic accident on the corner of East Main and Arch Streets...

WEEK OF JUNE 19 June 19 10:25 a.m. -- Police took a theft complaint report. 11:38 a.m. -- Officer was dispatched to Kerusso to assist a motorist in unlocking a vehicle. 11:50 a.m. -- Police responded to a three vehicle traffic accident on U.S. Hwy. 62. Police assisted Arkansas State Police with traffic control...

WEEK OF JUNE 19 June 19 10:06 a.m.-- Incident report taken on vehicle missing from residence. June 20 6:06 p.m.-- Officer requested at motel in reference to an unwanted person on property. 9:32 p.m.-- Resident reported a possible prowler in basement. Officer deemed report unfounded...

J.C. TIPTON, a resident of Green Forest, was born Jan. 23, 1917, in Green Forest, a son of Benjamin Monroe and Mattie Frances (Jackson) Tipton. He died Thursday, June 22, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 89. Mr. Tipton was a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest and a farmer...

WALTER EDWIN COSHOW, Jr., 86, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Friday, June 23, 2006, in his home. He was born April 16, 1920, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Walter, Sr. and Eleanor V. (Coyne) Coshow. In 1959, in St. Louis, he was united in marriage to Mary Adelee Hart, who preceded him in death on May 3, 1984. He was also preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert; and one grandson...

RAYMOND BIGGERSTAFF, a resident of Berryville, was born Dec. 23, 1925, in Grandview, a son of Harve Issac and Annis (Smith) Biggerstaff. He died Thursday, June 22, 2006, in Berryville, at the age of 80. Raymond was a farmer and a school bus driver for Carroll County. He attended Airway Chapel and was a member of I.O.O.F. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II. He was awarded two Purple Hearts for his service in the Army...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) put a hold on a carport request at its meeting June 23 until commissioners can make a site visit. Kathy Worley, who lives at 16 Chickasaw Place, requested permission to build a carport. When she originally approached the commission in April 2004, she had intended to build a garage, but there was a discussion at that time of encroaching on the 15-foot setback. The garage was never built...

HOT SPRINGS -- Carroll County News walked away with 10 awards, including four for first place, Saturday at the Arkansas Press Association Convention. Sports Editor David McNeal crossed beats to take first place in single news photograph in larger weeklies with an elevated shot of the bomb scare at the county courthouse in Berryville which appeared in the Sept. 30, 2005, Weekend Edition...

by David McNeal The times, they are a changin'. Selected as the state's best athletic program for the third time in six years by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Fayetteville High School athletic program should be a model for other, less successful programs...