Stories from Friday, September 2, 2011

BERRYVILLE -- In today's harsh economic times, it still astounds me that professional athletes are receiving top dollar for their services, while hard-working prep and collegiate athletes, who day in and day out continue to do everything right, just can't seem to catch a break...

HOLIDAY ISLAND --The Eureka Springs Highlanders saw another round of nine-hole action on Monday night, along with Gravette and Green Forest. The Highlander's girls took first place with a team score of 145, followed by Gravette, who finished the round with a 164, and Green Forest, who only came with two players, Makynna Jorgenson-45, and Shelby Reed-61, who were the lone scorers for the Tigers...

CAVE SPRINGS -- The Berryville boys' and girls' golf teams took to the links for another round of action on Tuesday at The Creeks in Cave Springs. The girls finished the day with a score of 162, and did not have a complete team due to the volleyball game...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Lady Bobcats took to their home court in live action on Tuesday night, but the home court advantage was not much of an asset as the varsity squad got off to a slow start. Even though the Bobcats dropped the first game 25-21, they played fairly well as a cohesive unit at times, and at other times appeared to have given away points to the Tigers at a premium...

First National Bank of Berryville announced that effective Thursday, Sept. 1st, they are changing their name to First National Bank of North Arkansas. In commenting on the action Bill Hudspeth, president/CEO of the bank, said: "For some time we have served many communities other than Berryville and while it will continue to serve as the home base for our operation, we feel that changing our name to include the north Arkansas region more properly depicts our emphasis on growing to meet our customers' needs for more convenient locations and accurately reflects our recent and planned expansion into the surrounding area.". ...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center Aug. 25 through Aug. 31: Aug. 25 Daniel Robin McClanahan, 29, Berryville, was booked in for third-degree domestic battery and second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor...

By Darlene Simmons Carroll County News Contributor How do you cool down a 600 pound overheated tiger? Any way he wants! During the weeks of late July and early August, temperatures reached close to 120 degrees. Even the most stalwart Southerner was dripping with sweat. ...

By Kathryn Lucariello Carroll County News HOLIDAY ISLAND -- In its business meeting Monday, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners passed a revision of its policy on Table Rock Landing time-share owners using the golf and recreation amenities in 2012...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Think your spouse will never know you're really downtown buying a birthday present? Think again. The eyes of Eureka Springs are upon you. Not counting the police camera in Basin Park, there are currently four real-time cameras, soon to be five, covering the downtown area and Beaver Lake for your viewing pleasure at www.eurekaspringswebcam.com...

GREEN FOREST -- A two-mile highway widening project through Green Forest that is expected to cost around $17 million has been proposed by state highway department officials. They say there are three alternatives plus the option of upgrading the existing U.S. Hwy. 62 route through town to consider...

I was told some decades ago that my life would pass like the seasons of the year. With life-expectancy hovering at roughly around 80 years, my wise counselor said that we can divide our lives into four seasons of 20 years each. The first 20 years of life is spring. ...

Dressed in T-shirts made in craft class, kids showed their parents, through singing, all they learned on The Big Apple Adventure, the theme of this year's Vacation Bible School at Green Forest First Baptist Church. On this adventure, children from pre-school through sixth grade enjoyed a week of learning of God's love through Bible classes, crafts, recreation, singing, and competitions...