Stories from Thursday, February 9, 2012

BERRYVILLE -- Carroll County Sheriff Bob Grudek addressed the quorum court the first of the year to present his annual report. At the detention center, he said there were 30 full-time employees and one part-time nurse to handle the 1,654 prisoners who were booked in during the previous year. The majority, 1,238, were male detainees, females accounted for 396, and there were 20 juveniles who were processed through before going on to a juvenile facility or to their home...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Maj. Gen. Graham Hollands (Retired) of the British Royal Army Artillery will visit Eureka Springs in February in conjunction with an invitation by Tyson Foods Inc. to address their board of directors. Hollands will address the public at 6 p.m. ...

Eureka Springs police arrested Sydney Churchill, owner of Eureka Smokes, without incident on a bench warrant Friday morning, Feb. 3, for Delivery of a Controlled Substance. The arrest followed an investigation which began on Dec. 22 when Det. Brad Handley was informed that the Eureka Smokes store in the Gaskins Switch strip mall was selling K-2 synthetic marijuana to teenagers in Eureka Springs...