Stories from Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Long time Eureka Springs fire chief David Stoppel has thrown his hat into the political ring. Filing as a Democrat, he is seeking the District 91 state representative seat currently held by Republican Bryan King, who announced his intention to run for a second term...

Week of March 3 March 3 1:30 a.m. - False alarms flashing at a Berryville location were checked and all was okay. 6:41 a.m. - A medical emergency at a Phillips address required police assistance. 8:20 a.m. - A vehicle in a ditch at the junction of Ruth and County Road 426 was towed away while police supervised...

Week of March 3 March 3 10:40 a.m. - A Thorne Ave. resident was contacted after a report that a dog was penned in standing water. 11:10 a.m. - A report of unsightly conditions was investigated on Walnut St. 1 p.m. - A citation was issued after a dog was reported running loose on Bryant St...

Week of March 3 March 3 7:04 a.m. - Officers checked out a welfare concern call on Singleton St. for a possible overdose. 7:50 a.m. - A a one-vehicle accident on Grand Avenue was worked. There were no injuries. 8:24 a.m. -A case of criminal mischief was investigated at city public restrooms in the form of vandalism...

ROBERT ALLEN WILLIS was born on Nov. 9, 1942, in Tucumcari, N.M. to Guy Edward and Ruth May Haney Willis. He died on Feb. 16, 2008, in Arlington, Texas. Bob went to school in Dalhart, Texas, and attended West Texas State University. He was married to Connie Ehl in 1985...

MAE B. WALKER, a resident of Alpena, was born May 19, 1916, in Alpena, a daughter of James L. and Orlena (Jackson) Ward. She died Friday, March 7, 2008, in Branson, Mo., at the age of 91. Mrs. Walker is survived by two nephews, Ronald Ward and wife Carol of Burlington, Ark., and Jim Porter and wife Shirley of Baton Rough, La.; one great-niece, Stacy Scrivner of Fort Smith; three great-nephews, Stephen Ward of Alpena, Russ Porter of Miami, Fla., and Lee Porter of Dallas, Texas; 11 great-grand nieces and nephews; and a host of other family and friends.. ...

FRANCES ARLENE MADEWELL, 65, of Huntsville, died March 4, 2008, at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born Jan. 14, 1943, at Berryville, the daughter of Arlie Dencle and Martha Lorene Davis Long. She was a homemaker, a former employee of LaBarge, and a member and past matron of Fort Campbell Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in Oak Grove, Ky. She was preceded in death by her father and a sister...

MARIE B. (STRAINE) FAULKNER, was born in Carroll County, Dec. 1, 1917. She died March 7, 2008, in Bentonville, at the age of 90. She was the daughter of John M. Straine and Estella H. Hackworth-Straine. Her mother passed away at the age of 223. She and her two brothers were reared in Eureka Springs by their grandmother, Nancy P. Straine...

EUGENE "GENE" MILES DILLER, a resident of Holiday Island, was born July 21, 1923, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a son of Lawrence and Agnes (Zetterman) Diller. He died Thursday, March 6, 2008, in Fayetteville, at the age of 84. Mr. Diller was a member of the Holiday Island Community Church and the Elks Lodge, American Legion and VFW...

Reported stolen from a rural Green Forest farm on March 2 were a John Deere tractor, an antique tractor, three pickups and a tiller, say Carroll County Sheriff's Office investigators. Descriptions of items reportedly taken from the County Road 828 farm, located northeast of Green Forest, were: a 1979 John Deere 1020 tractor with front end loader and round bale spike; a maroon 1989 Ford Ranger pickup; a blue 1984 Chevy S-10 pickup; a blue 1993 Dodge Dakota pickup; a tiller; and a 1950-1951 Farm-All Cub antique tractor.. ...

Callers claiming to be jury coordinators are stealing people's identity nationwide. They do it by threatening arrest, saying the person didn't show up for jury duty. The only way to prove a summons was never sent, they say, is to provide personal information for verification...

BERRYVILLE -- The Lady Bobcats got their first chance to put bat to ball in live action Saturday when they hosted the Harrison Lady Goblins for their season opener. The six-inning game finished 11-1 in Harrison's favor, but Lady Bobcat coach Josh Nation wasn't discouraged...