Stories from Friday, June 14, 2013

BERRYVILLE -- Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers is apparently investigating the Carroll County Sheriiff's Office after another dispute between county jailers and local police over admitting a prisoner who needed immediate medical care...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on Monday, June 17, at 9 a.m. at the district office. The meeting will include an executive session on the search for a district manager, said Chairman Ken Ames...

BERRYVILLE -- A half-cent city sales tax has been extended by voters in paltry turnout during a special election on Tuesday in Berryville. Ninety-two residents of 2,062 eligible Berryville voters cast their ballots to decide whether to extend a special half-cent sales tax, or about 4.5 percent of eligible voters -- fewer than half the number that turned out for the city's 2011 special sales tax election...

BERRYVILLE -- The Mission Clinic of Berryville will hold a reception celebrating the clinic's 20 years in operation and 20 years of volunteer service by Virginia Benefiel, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15 at the clinic at 700 S. Main St. in Berryville...

BERRYVILLE -- On Saturday, the Mission Clinic will celebrate 20 years of providing free health care to the uninsured and the needy in Carroll County -- and it will also honor a volunteer who has been working there for free since the very beginning: R.N. Virginia Benefiel of Berryville...

BERRYVILLE -- Kerusso Founder and CEO Vic Kennett recently announced the 2013 academic scholarship recipient for a local student. The annual award has been part of the Kerusso Scholars Program since 2004. Being home-schooled creates numerous opportunities for achievement as well as honors and rewards. Just ask Clare Doss, recipient of the 2013 Kerusso $500 Scholarship...

GREEN FOREST -- Collin Kilbourn, a junior at Green Forest High School, has been selected to attend the thirty-fourth annual Arkansas Governor's School in the area of Mathematics. He will be attending the six week summer program held at Hendrix College in Conway along with 399 other seniors from across the state of Arkansas...