Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2011

GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Animal Control Officer has been given an early Christmas present this year: Several animal rescue groups have stepped up to help him find alternatives to euthanizing abandoned or lost animals. This past week, Officer Verlin Griggs of the Green Forest Police Department placed a call to Linda Renoe, an animal cruelty investigator for the state of Arkansas...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m., at the district office to answer allegations made by a property owner and to retire to executive session. The property owner is J. Paul Brown, who handed out flyers at both the Board of Equalization hearings Nov. 1 and the HISID board candidates' forum Nov. 7...

Anna Steely, a Berryville native, will travel to Austin, Texas in January to compete as a Division Finalist in the MTNA South Central Division Young Artist Piano Competition. Steely, the daughter of Kean and Joy Steely, earned this opportunity after winning the Piano Division of the Arkansas State Young Artist Competition...

BERRYVILLE -- At the east end of Berryville, tucked behind Randy's Towing, is a business district straight out of the 1950s and '60s. There, visitors will find a general store, a filling station and a vintage motel room complete with a century-old wood-burning stove...