Stories from Friday, January 10, 2014

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Grassy Knob Fire Department was called to a house fire on Mundell Road early Thursday, around 6:30 a.m. The home was deemed a complete loss, according to Dave Davenport of the Grassy Knob Fire Department, who was the incident commander. Due to the extensive damage done to the house, it is not known what caused the fire...

BERRYVILLE -- After a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and the Highway 62 Spur, one of the drivers was charged with a DWI. As reported in the Jan. 3 edition, two vehicles collided at the intersection around 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2 Officers from the Berryville Police Department and Arkansas State Police were dispatched to the scene, along with emergency medical services...

OAK GROVE -- "Don't get a ticket on your way home," said one of the residents gathered to witness Mayor Josh Peden commission and swear in the first chief of police for the town. Those words were welcomed with laughter by the crowd of the many residents that braved the unsafe roads conditions to attend the city council meeting on Tuesday to see the city's first officer sworn in to duty...

Boyd Faulconer (Bo) passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at his home in Leesburg, FL from complications with Cystic Fibrosis. He left behind two sons, a daughter, two step-sons and a stepdaughter. Boyd was born in 1939 in Marked Tree, AR, the last of 10 children from Wade and Illma Faulconer. He worked for the Kansas City Police Department and later moved to Holiday Island, AR before retiring at Hawthorne Estates in Leesburg, FL. Services will be held at Hawthorne on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 1:00...

Ronald Paul Cantele, 76, of Eureka Springs, AR, passed away on Dec.15, 2013 surrounded by his family and much love. Ron was born in Benton Harbor, MI to Emma (Federighi) Cantele and Louis Cantele. He graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Business. ...

LeAnna Lynn Kinser, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born May 16, 1959 in Torrance, CA, the daughter of Warren H. "Butch" and JoVan (Brannon) Kinser. She departed this life Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 in Berryville, at the age of 54 years. She loved the outdoors, camping and gardening...

Karol Melby Paulus of Berryville, AR was born on Mar. 15, 1941. She passed away on Jan. 2, 2014 in Berryville, AR at the age of 72 years. She was a daughter of Edward Thorwald Melby and Inez Mildred (Larson) Melby. For 25 years, she owned The Sampler Quilt Shop in Chanhassen, MN. She was also a choir director for many years at Lake Auburn Moravian Church in Victoria, MN. She loved quilting, interior design work, gardening and traveling...

Gregory Edwin Campbell, a resident of Seligman, MO, was born Sept. 22, 1959 in Wichita, KS, the son of Bruce Edwin and Wilma Sue (Chaney) Campbell. He departed this life Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 in Joplin, MO, at the age of 54 years. Greg loved to fish and hunt arrowheads. He was a nature lover and he loved his grandkids...

BERRYVILLE -- There is still a long line of events that must happen before the new traffic lights at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and the Highway 62 Spur can be activated, said officials from the city, state and construction contractor. The first and main factor that is keeping the light from being activated is the weather, said Stacey Burge, resident engineer for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. ...

God's grace -- what Brennan Manning defined as the acceptance of being profoundly and forever beloved by God -- is a favorite subject of mine; I freely admit as much. I talk about grace, preach about grace, think about grace and write about grace. I hope to one day actually understand grace...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center from Dec. 24 through Jan. 7 and charged with the following crimes, for which they have not yet been tried: Dec. 24 Lynn Allen Cooper, 48, Green Forest, was booked for shoplifting and failure to appear...

GREEN FOREST -- The Northwest District of the Arkansas Water Works and Water Environment Association has awarded its small systems award to the city for its wastewater treatment process. The ceremony was in Fayetteville on Dec. 18, and David Fredrick, operator at the Green Forest Wastewater Treatment Plant, accepted the award on behalf of the city...

Many people are familiar with the personal costs of inclement weather. They know the long hours of digging out their vehicles and the fear for the cost for increased uses of heating utilities. But they may be unaware of how much it is costing them in terms of tax dollars...

CARROLL COUNTY -- After a week of snow, ice and bitter cold, warmer temperatures are starting to creep in to the area. "It's the great thaw we've been waiting for," said Mike Armstrong of the Eureka Springs Department of Public Works. "Everything looks great finally."...