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Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2013

PSC sets SWEPCO hearings schedule (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
LITTLE ROCK -- The staff of the Arkansas Public Service Commission filed for approval Friday to set hearing dates in the SWEPCO Shipe Road 345 kV transmission line application. Staff and intervenors direct are tentatively scheduled for noon on June 28...
No charges filed in Lovers' Leap death -- 9 months later (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
CARROLL COUNTY -- More than nine months after Crystal McCarley Branning fell to her death from a 200-foot-tall bluff near Green Forest, police say they have concluded their investigation and handed the case file over to prosecutors. "We're still following up on any leads that come in," Sheriff Bob Grudek said Monday, "but, as far as were concerned, it's now in the prosecutors' hands for whatever action they deem appropriate."...
Pearson court date set in burglaries (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
CARROLL COUNTY -- Evan Pearson, the Berryville man accused of harboring a runaway girl last fall, is scheduled to be arraigned on June 10 on charges stemming from a string of burglaries this February. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Devon Closser said Monday that charges were pending against Pearson. The 24-year-old faces multiple counts of commercial burglary, theft, and criminal mischief, as well as failing to appear in court on an earlier charge of interference with custody...
102-year-old Eureka woman: 'Live your life' (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Asked the secret to a long life, Eureka Springs Florence Marable, 102, said, "Live it." That's the style she uses to answer questions: terse and funny. And maybe that is another secret to her long life. Marable was born March 29, 1911, in Albia, Iowa, a small farming town...
HIPC approves new construction regulations (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Friday the Holiday Island Planning Commission approved its revised Regulations for Construction and Residential Habitation. The document is considerably thinner than in years past due to changes in HIPC oversight and lack of a building inspector...
Carroll County Arrest Log, April 7-29 (Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/13)
The following people were booked in to Carroll County Detention Center from April 7 to April 29 and were charged with the following offences for which they have not been tried: April 7 Jackie Aday, 30, Holiday Island, was booked for shoplifting. Paul Micheal 42, Green Forest, was booked for DWI and careless driving...
Reader describes feelings about SWEPCO proposal (Letter to the Editor ~ 05/08/13)
It is said that Eureka Springs was founded on sacred ground. So venerated were the waters of Eureka, warring tribes could not fight at the springs. For hundreds of years, the area now known as Basin Spring provided a peaceful gathering place for visiting tribes. Eureka Springs is a legendary city of healing, people from far away places come looking for peace, serenity, caring people, and a better place to live...
Carroll County Relay for Life brings strong turnout, plenty of emotions (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
BERRYVILE -- Carroll County Relay For Life was considered a successful event to those who planned it, despite a last-minute change in location due to the weather; it was moved indoors to the Berryville Community Center. "We have never had this in the Berryville Community Center. ...
A Cinco celebration (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
Persistent rain and blustery weather weren't enough to snuff out the Cinco De Mayo festivities Saturday at El Grande Event Center. Pat Bishop, owner of the Green Forest venue, said between 250 and 300 people had shown up to observe the Mexican-American holiday and enjoy a free lunch, live music, and other diversions. ...
HI Theater Guild staging 'Lily, The Virtuous Seamstress' May 16-18 (Holiday Island ~ 05/08/13)
Boarding house owner Jeremiah White (Mary Diehl) has fallen on hard times, as his bum leg prevents him from his usual job as an upholsterer, and the tenants in his boarding house, slinky siren actress Trixie (Donna Harris) and excitable actress Fluffy Feathers (Barb Rassfeld) have fallen behind in their rent. Jeremiah's daughter, the virtuous seamstress Lily (Clare Thompson Roy) has taken on the job of sewing a new wardrobe for wealthy Mrs. Merriwellborn (Phyllis Williams.)...
Time changes for May Festival of the Arts events Saturday (Local News ~ 05/08/13)
There have been a few time changes for events as part of the May Festival of the Arts on Saturday, May 11. New times are as follows: 10:00 am -- Unveiling of high school panels on the Art Wall. Parking spaces by the Art Wall will be blocked until the event concludes...

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