Stories from Monday, March 12, 2012

CARROLL COUNTY -- Local law enforcement agencies along with others across Arkansas will be participating in the state's fourth "Drug Take Back Initiative" by accepting unwanted or leftover prescription drugs April 28 at special collection sites. Arkansas agencies have been a leader in the national take back effort -- collecting roughly 10 times the drugs of its neighbors in a four-state region...

No April Fools! ESSA's ReArt "Chair-ity" Fundraiser has been changed to Sunday, April 1. ESSA's annual spring fundraiser will begin at 7 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Admission is free and there will be a silent auction of previously purchased art and terrific new gift packages. ...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Authorities in neighboring Boone County have reported an unusually high number of rabid skunk cases so far this year with seven confirmed as of last week. In Carroll County, none have been reported so far -- although there was one skunk that tested positive late last year, in December...