Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2009

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Cody Crews Harp, the Eureka Springs man who is implicated in a murder for hire plot, is being held on a $2 million bond at the Carroll County Detention Center. Jail authorities said Circuit Judge Kent Crow set the $2 million bond when Harp appeared before him last Thursday and Harp remained incarcerated on the bond as of press time Monday...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs would find it more economical to renovate and expand its present high school rather than build a new school, the Eureka Springs School Board heard during a presentation at the school board meeting Aug. 20. Douglas Eaton, director, Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, visited the existing high school on August 14...

Virgil Ray Yarbrough, age 86, passed away August 20, 2009 in Springfield, Missouri. Ray was a resident of Green Forest from 1972- 2008. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 27 at 11 a.m. at the Smith Family Funeral Home chapel in Green Forest. A military internment will follow at Pickens Cemetery in Green Forest. An expanded obituary will be published in this newspaper next week...

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BERRYVILLE -- Young pro football fans will have the opportunity to exhibit their football skills when the Berryville Community Center hosts an NFL Punt, Pass, & Kick competition on Sept. 3 at 5:30 p.m. The competition is free and open to boys and girls ages 8 -- 15. Age classification is as of Dec. 31 of the current year. For competition information, call (870) 423-3139...

BERRYVILLE -- Long breakaway runs and pass plays of 60 yards and more highlighted the Bobcat junior high football Purple-Gold scrimmage on Friday. Head coach Don Earnest said, "I was pleased. The kids handled it well, being under lights and in front of parents. We only used a couple of formations and used basic plays...

BERRYVILLE -- It's a Mystery Bookstore has announced its next short story contest for young writers. The contest asks students in grades six through eight to submit an original short story. Students in any of the county's schools are eligible, along with home-schooled students working at the middle school level...

ALABAM -- A deer versus motorcycle accident Saturday evening claimed the life of Steven Dwan Treat, 58, of Huntsville and injured his wife, Athena Mae (Warren) Treat, 54, as the two were traveling along Arkansas Hwy. 127 near Alabam on a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle...