Stories from Friday, March 6, 2009

Director of Operations reports 28.3 percent growth over January '08

BERRYVILLE -- An abandoned, full-blooded pit bull, believed to have been a "bait dog," is recovering in the care of a prisoner at the Carroll County Detention Center. Princess Leah, as the three-year-old is known, arrived at the jail the end of February, healing from wounds she may have sustained as an unwilling "bait dog," which is described as an animal used to test another dog's fighting instinct, one that is often mauled or killed in the process...

BERRYVILLE -- A dozen local people are on the payroll helping with Berryville's limb pickup program. The entire project qualifies for federal and state reimbursement under President Barack Obama's disaster declaration. Terry Wood, a Berryville High School graduate now retired from the Arkansas Army National Guard and Arkansas Nuclear One, is one of those hired hands, although he's not technically a "local" anymore since taking up residence at Russellville...

BERRYVILLE -- How to build green while saving money is the theme for this year's Carroll County Home Builders Association annual home show, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 20 and March 21, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds, north of Berryville...

The Carroll County Community Foundation is leading the area's planning for a free dental clinic operated by Arkansas Mission of Mercy as part of the Arkansas Dental Association. The free clinic will be held on May 8 and 9 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Springdale, exit 72 off of U.S. Hwy. 540...

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These and other stories can be read in our new online e-edition or in our print edition for March 6, 2009. Please click here to log in or sign up for an e-edition account. Four Berryville churches join in revival services Island Community slates DVD study on Psalms...