Stories from Thursday, November 30, 2006

BERRYVILLE -- Two sheriff's office employees are leaving their jobs -- Ralph Gordon and John Rains. Gordon, a criminal investigator for four years with the department, said he begins work this week at the Boone County Sheriff's Office as a criminal investigator. He confirmed that he'll receive a pay raise with his new job...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The City Council Monday night voted unanimously to allow the Eureka Springs Hospital to purchase a replacement for their 19-year-old CT scanner. The replacement, a reconditioned newer unit, will cost $171,400, according to hospital administrator David Wheeler, and will be financed by Arvest Bank of Eureka Springs on a five-year note...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Authorities rushed to an area below the White River Bridge on U.S. Hwy. 62 west of Eureka Springs Friday morning after a fisherman discovered a body laying in a grassy parking area near the shoreline. Dead was Miguel Solano, 21, of the Busch community, who apparently died of injuries sustained in a traffic accident...