Stories from Tuesday, August 24, 2010

On Tuesday, Aug. 17, and Thursday, Aug. 19, the Carroll County Sheriff's Department assisted the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Arkansas National Guard, and the Arkansas State Police with a marijuana eradication program. Over a two-day period, 1,319 plants were seized throughout the county with a street value of approximately $15,000, said a CCSO spokesperson...

BERRYVILLE -- Three big events are set to take place in Berryville this Saturday -- a free fishing derby, the annual Fair Parade and a special fire station dedication. It all begins with the Free Fishing Derby for youngsters age 15 and under, sponsored by the Berryville Police Department...

BERRYVILLE -- Ash Detherage, a husband, father and full-time investigator, recently graduated from Kaplan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Detherage said it took him four years and approximately $50,000 to accomplish the task working on-line, at his home computer, usually in the evening hours after his three young children were put to bed...

Neta Sue Stamps of Berryville is a busy lady, devoting time and energy to many local projects. On July 22, Stamps joined a long list of Arkansans who, over the past 33 years, have received Community Service Awards from KARK-TV 4 in Little Rock, in conjunction with the State Department of Human Services Division of Volunteerism, the Office of Governor Mike Beebe, and title sponsor -- the Duncan Law Firm of Little Rock...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Sign-ups for the Eureka Springs Youth Soccer Club fall season will be held from 9-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 4. Another sign-up period will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1. The sign-up sessions will be held at the Eureka Springs Middle School cafeteria...

Young players will have the opportunity to exhibit their skills when the Eureka Springs Youth Sports Association hosts an NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Eureka Springs School District track on Greenwood Hollow Road...

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There was something wrong with this picture. I looked again at the photograph in the news clipping, thinking perhaps it was the beginning of another "shoe tree," like the much-photographed oak on Highway 187 where sundry sorts of old footwear had been lynched by the laces...

Dear Editor, Some people have been in the Ozarks so long I guess they don't see its beauty and they leave junk and trash and it makes me mad and I tend to say so. I don't like the chicken factories and all the crap they spread on the fields that ends up in the rivers and lakes and I tend to say so. ...

Is it possible some of our national legislators are waking up? The new catch phrase should be "It's military spending, stupid!" as a takeover from "It's the economy, stupid!" which those paying attention were saying long before the recession really took hold...