Stories from Friday, April 8, 2011

Sheila Hulsey, Director of Operations for the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission, was laid off Thursday after 16 years with the organization. According to an email sent by Interim Director Joanne Graupner to CAPC Commissioners, Hulsey's dismissal, along with that of Special Events Director Eric Young, was the result of a structural reorganization to cut the cost of salaries and benefits...

GREEN FOREST -- At next Monday's monthly meeting, the Green Forest City Council will decide which sludge press to purchase to treat the city's wastewater sludge. The sludge press will be used at the city's wastewater treatment plant to turn sludge into a dry cake. The dry cake will then be placed in a landfill...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A 20-year-old Eureka Springs man who was asleep at his computer desk was stabbed at least eight times on his left side last Wednesday afternoon. According to Eureka Springs Police Chief Earl Hyatt, officers were dispatched to Eureka Springs Hospital after Jackson Donovan Destry was brought into the emergency room by his mother...

There were a number of heroes for the Berryville baseball team Tuesday in the Bobcats' 12-9 home victory over Farmington. Daulton Lynn hit his second home run of the year. Senior Eric Holman pitched a complete game to move his record to 6-1. Holman also went 3 for 5 at the plate with a double and a triple. Ryan Nance had three hits and drove home four runs as well...

Audry Wynn (McNeill) Iverson, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born April 25, 1922 in Eureka Springs, AR, a daughter of John Solomon and Maud May (Maston) Wynn. She departed this life Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at her home in Berryville surrounded by her beloved family and St. John's Hospice Staff, at the age of 88...

Glenn Garrison, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born July 20, 1922 in Hollister, MO, a son of Jess and Bessie (Smith) Garrison. He departed this life Monday, April 4, 2011 in Berryville, at the age of 88. Glenn attended the First Assembly of God Church in Green Forest...

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