Stories from Monday, April 25, 2011

BERRYVILLE -- Record rainfall that began Thursday and continued over the Easter weekend, dropping 11 inches in some places by daybreak Monday, caused widespread damage and prompted the county judge to declare a state of emergency. State and county officials confirmed that many bridges and roadways had washed out, some water lines were swept away and an earthen dam broke at Oak Grove, stranding Eagle Lane residents whose only roadway was submerged...