Stories from Friday, March 7, 2014

LONOKE -- Alex McCallister was determined to not let Berryville's season end in the first round of the Class 4A State Tournament Thursday afternoon. The transfer from Marshall buried a three-pointer as time expired in regulation to tie the game, nailed another with 2.6 seconds remaining in overtime to force a second extra frame, and Berryville outlasted Heber Springs 66-59 in double overtime to advance to today's second round of the event at the Gina Cox Center at Lonoke High School...

GREEN FOREST -- Earlier this week, the Green Forest Public Schools and the Collegiate Licensing Co. came to an agreement on the use of the Tiger logo at no cost or inconvenience to the school district. Last year, Superintendent Matt Summers received a cease and desist order that claimed the Green Forest Tigers logo is nearly identical to the University of Missouri's; the college is represented by the CLC. The letter demanded that Green Forest change its school logo...

BERRYVILLE -- Green Forest Mayor Charles Reece has withdrawn from the race for county judge, leaving Democratic incumbent Sam Barr running unopposed. "It is something I had dwelt on quite a bit, and I had no doubt that I could win," Reece said about withdrawing. "I had a couple personal things to take care of first, and when I started looking at what we had going on over here in Green Forest, I realized had a lot of irons in the fire that I can not turn my back on."...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Former Mayor Beau Satori's jury trial was scheduled for May 19 in Eureka Springs at 8:30 a.m. during his last pretrial hearing on Thursday. He was charged with theft of property, a class C felony, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, after his former landlord told police that Satori stripped from his building some antique oak baseboards worth approximately $10,000...

Lady Bobcat fans give the basketball team one last push of support as the bus taking the girls to the state tournament in Lonoke gets stuck in the Berryville High School parking lot on Tuesday morning. For coverage of the girls' first game at the tournament, go here...

BERRYVILLE -- Police have started investigating the possibility of foul play after a resident found what could be human remains at Saunders Heights on Feb. 19. "Somebody had been up there and reported finding a human skull and we went up there collected it and sent it to the crime lab," said Detective Robert Bartos of the Berryville Police Department...

BERRYVILLE -- The Quorum Court discussed the multiple options the county has to address the problem of having more than $1 million dollars in uncollected legal fees from people who have been processed through the Circuit Court. The options discussed were moving the fine collections from the the Circuit Clerk's Office to the Sheriff's Office or to a private company. ...

BERRYVILLE -- Another mental evaluation will be scheduled for Victor Acuna-Sanchez after his defense accepted the blame for not meeting with his client before his most recent mental evaluation at the pretrial hearing on Thursday. His next status hearing was scheduled for June 2 in Eureka Springs at 9 a.m...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- "I'll be almost 93 on opening day," said Leo Steinbrecher of Roaring River State Park's fishing season, which opened last Saturday. "I've been fishing all my life." Steinbrecher had the honor of shooting the starting gun to open the season at the park, located in Eagle Rock, Mo...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center from Feb. 12 through Feb. 21 and charged with the following crimes, for which they have not yet been tried: Feb. 12 Timothy Bruce Blanshan, 53, Berryville, was booked for driving on a suspended license and careless and prohibited driving...

"God has given me little that I might learn to trust Him more." Those are the words of Marta Torres. Marta is not a pious, Latina saint from yesteryear. She is an impoverished, middle-aged mother of two from El Salvador. Yet, if holiness is measured by maintaining faith within great difficulty, Marta is indeed a saint...

BERRYVILLE -- The most holy season of the Christian calendar began Wednesday at churches across not only Carroll County but the world. Lent began with the sign of the cross being placed on the foreheads of worshipers. Here, Dan Krotz receives the ashes from Pastor Skip French at the service held at First Christian Church in Berryville...

BERRYVILLE -- Tax time is near, and David Killingsworth of Porterfield Killingsworth CPA in Berryville said the best approach to doing them is keeping good records all year long. Porterfield Killingsworth has a variety of clients, including businesses, individuals and government entities. When it comes to doing taxes, Killingsworth advises his clients to keep them in mind year-round, not just when that April 15 deadline starts looming...