Stories from Friday, July 29, 2011

When primitive Christianity first began to take root, it wasn't known as "Christianity." That was more or less a term coined by onlookers. The first Christians referred to their movement as "The Way." The earliest disciples saw themselves, not as part of new religion, but as travelers on and in the Way of Jesus...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The good news is that Spring Street has been stabilized since the recent landslide near Grotto Spring, Pubic Works Director Dwayne Allen told city council at the July 21 meeting. The bad news is that the spring has changed direction, and new soil brought in to hold the hillside in place is pulling groundwater from the spring and it is getting heavier and heavier, and the hillside needs corrective action soon or the new fix might become destabilized...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Parks and Recreation department is hosting the second annual Back-to-School Bash, scheduled for Aug. 10-11 at Berryville McDonald's and at City Pool Park. It all begins Wednesday, Aug. 10, with a McParks Night from 5-9 p.m. at McDonald's...

Carroll County News staff won several awards in the Better Newspaper News-Editorial Contest from the Arkansas Press Association. The awards were presented Saturday night as part of the APA's 2011 Super Convention in Hot Springs. Kathryn Lucariello won first place in the medium weeklies category for her feature story headlined "The living hell of Rachel Love," about a woman who was born a hermaphrodite...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Following a discussion of Eureka Springs High School handbook changes during the Thursday night school board meeting, parent Harrie Farrow handed out a document of items she said should be clarified or changed in the handbook in order to comply with state law and state Department of Education guidelines...