Stories from Saturday, June 1, 2013

The Ozark District of the Boys Scouts of America have named the Michael and Jennifer Boardman family of Eureka Springs the district's 2012 Cub Scout Family of the Year. The award was presented on April 11 at the First Presbyterian Church in Harrison. ...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- He was to have stayed until June 14, but Holiday Island District Manager Gerald Hartley was released from his contract Tuesday. The board approved a motion to modify his resignation and departure date to the end of the day Tuesday, following an executive session. Hartley announced his resignation on April 15. He said he was getting married and moving to Ohio...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The population of Carroll County grew slightly from 2010 to 2012, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show. The number of people residing in the county grew by 0.6 percent -- or 164 people -- during the two years ending July 1, 2012. That was about half the growth rate for Arkansas as a whole, which saw a population increase of 1.1 percent...

Trevor Tegley / www.tegleyphotography.com Contestants in the Snowy River Race hurry across a stream after chasing the clock down a very steep dirt path during the Rock Bottom festival and chuck wagon races last weekend outside Green Forest. The race is named after the Disney movie "Man From Snowy River," which features similarly breathtaking scenes as horsemen chase after a herd of wild horses, traversing down a dangerously steep incline before crossing a stream. The movie starred Kirk Douglas...

Unexpected resignation letter only two lines long

BERRYVILLE -- Judge Gerald Kent Crow has been reprimanded and censured by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct for investigating cases independently and retaliating against a lawyer who had filed a compliant on him, according to a statement from the JDDC...