Stories from Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Green Forest -- To kick off a millage increase campaign, school board members met with the community facilities committee Thursday to focus on the direction of the crusade. At an earlier May school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Larry Bennett announced that the state approved to provide $4.6 million to partially fund a new $7.5 million middle school...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) spent a good chunk of its time Friday dealing with rules and their exceptions over the issue of plumbing, fencing and fire code. Chairman Joe Schuler squared off with his son, Jay Schuler, who is building a 2,878-square-foot house at 14 Bandy Drive...

A Missouri man who reportedly removed his mentally-challenged girlfriend from her grandmother's care has been charged with burglary, theft and endangering the welfare on an incompetent. Taken into custody last week was Jacob James Norman, 27, of Ozark, Mo., arrested by Arkansas State Police Special Agent Chad Hipps...

DORIENE JERRELL, 67, of Kingston, died May 30, 2007, at St. John s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo. She was born May 15, 1940, at Tampa, Fla., the daughter of Clarence and Daisy Eldora Easterly Walker. She was a certified nursing assistant and a member of the Kingston Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by one son, Earl George Little Beaver Maddox, Jr...

Week of June 1 June 1 11:42 a.m. - A possible breaking and entering case at a concession stand near the bus barn required an officer s attention. 1:09 p.m. - A broken window and possible vandalism at Main Stage prompted a call to police who responded, but no report was required...

Week of May 28 May 28 6:50 p.m. - Police were dispatched to Tyson Foods to speak with a subject. 7:45 p.m. - Police followed-up at Tyson Foods. 9:00 p.m. - Police were dispatched to a domestic dispute at a North Arch Street residence. 11:25 p.m. - Police assisted county deputies...

Week of May 28 May 28 6:10 p.m. - Police assisted a county deputy with the arrest of a subject involved in a domestic battery case at a County Court address. 8:22 p.m. - Police arrested a male adult for trespassing and public drinking after they were dispatched to Wilson TV to investigate a report of a person on the roof...

BERRYVILLE -- The annual Member/Guest Fun Fest golf tournament was held at the Carroll County Country Club this past weekend. The event kicked off Friday to coincide with the Eureka Springs Blues Festival. Members invited guests to play in a two-day tourney, with a Best Ball Saturday and Scramble Sunday format...

EUREKA SPRINGS-- As summer begins to heat up, off-road athletes from approximately 10 states are turning their attention to the unique Ozark town of Eureka Springs for this year's XTERRA Eureka Springs Off-Road Triathlon and Trail Run, scheduled for Saturday, June 9...