Stories from Tuesday, July 31, 2007

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Six members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club were arrested Sunday afternoon for allegedly stabbing and beating four members of a rival club, known as the Banditos, during a confrontation in Eureka Springs. The incident occurred at 2:25 p.m. at the Gingerbread House Antique Mall parking lot on U.S. Hwy. 62, just around the corner from where the Hells Angels were staying at the 1876 Inn and the Swiss Holiday Resort...

Week of July 12 July 23 4:01 a.m. - Police provided a security check at the country club. 3:03 p.m. - Police were dispatched to a Jefferson address for a welfare concern and a subject was transported to the hospital by ambulance. 4:13 p.m. - Police picked up a runaway at a County Road 635 location and transported the subject to Bentonville...

Week of July 25 July 25 2:40 a.m. - Police investigated an abandoned vehicle on the town square. 4:10 p.m. - Police were dispatched to assist a county deputy. 5:05 p.m. - Police responded to a South Springfield residence. 5:20 p.m. - Police responded to a County Road 828 residence...

Week of July 23 July 23 12:05 p.m. - Police arrested a female juvenile for shoplifting at a lingerie shop. 12:41 p.m. - Police responded to a subject acting strangely on a bench behind a motel. Police reported subject s truck had broken down, and the subject was waiting on a ride...

HELEN SISCO, a resident of Berryville, was born May 2, 1914, in Des Moines, Iowa, a daughter of Fredrick and Marie Ricker. She died Thursday, July 26, 2007, in Berryville, at the age of 93. Mrs. Sisco graduated from Iowa State University in 1938 and was a member of the Alumni Association. While living in Iowa she was a home management supervisor for the FSA administrator of Woodbury County...

Florence Frances Schloss, 82, of Ozark, Mo., died Saturday, July 14, 2007. She was born Dec. 11, 1924, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hughes) O Hara. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Chicago. On May 10, 1958, she was united in marriage to Philip A. Schloss, Jr. She served as a legal secretary for three Supreme Court Justices while living in Chicago...

ANN BURK, a resident of Holiday Island, was born July 24, 1953, a daughter of Bill and Valetta (Pruett) Matthews. She died Thursday, July 26, 2007, in Holiday Island, at the age of 54. Mrs. Burk was a legal secretary. She was a member of the Holiday Island Baptist Church...

Green Forest -- Bond was set for $100,000 in the case of Carroll Don Neal, who was arrested Wednesday after police allegedly found large amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana, along with firearms, in his Green Forest residence. Green Forest Police Chief John Bailey, Sgt. Brad Handley, and Investigator Shannon Hill arrested Neal after searching his Locust Avenue residence during a home visit from Neal's parole officer Suzanne Villines...

A countywide warrant amnesty program has been initiated for the 3,000-plus residents who are wanted on misdemeanor warrants -- including those driving unknowingly on a suspended driver's license. "A lot of people don't know their license is suspended for failure to appear or failure to pay," said Carroll County Sheriff Bob Grudek...

by David McNeal Yeah, they're hitting the high school practice fields and gyms all over Arkansas this week as the official day for coaches to torture their athletes was Monday. The Berryville Bobcats were first out of the gate with football, volleyball and cross country squads in action. Luther Roberts, BHS golf coach, was also roaming the building, trying to set up golf matches for the second week of August...