Stories from Friday, May 2, 2014

GREEN FOREST -- The fifth annual Carroll County Bible Reading Marathon is now history. It got off to a stormy last Sunday beginning under threatening skies, which later that evening produced winds that blew through the area. CCBRM Organizer Bonnie Roediger said the entire marathon was a somewhat chilly affair. Readers were sheltered under the gazebo on the Green Forest Square...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Early Thursday morning, hundreds of believers gathered at The Great Passion Play's Great Hall for the National Day of Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Western Carroll County Ministerial Association. The event was emceed by Rotary Club President Dave Teigen and included singing by Beth Severe and music by The Williamsons group of Oklahoma...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The preferential primary and non-partisan election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Early voting will run from Monday, May 5 until May 19, in the Berryville and Eureka Springs courthouses. From Monday through Friday residents can vote from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays -- May 10 and May 17...

OAK GROVE -- The Oak Grove Police Department arrested four people for drug related charges on Friday, April 18. Around 5 p.m. that day, Oak Grove Police Chief Jason Hunt was contacted by Officer Jerod Newberry, who requested for Hunt to met him at a residence on Arkansas Highway 21. Upon Hunt's arrival he noticed a vehicle and five subjects. Newberry informed him that he had stopped the vehicle for no vehicle license, according to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Hunt...

BERRYVILLE -- The Youth Advisory Council of the Carroll County Community Foundation awarded 10 grants totaling $5,400 to non-profits for projects benefitting Carroll County youth and children at Berryville City Park Tuesday. YAC members are students at Eureka Springs, Berryville and Green Forest high schools, Clear Spring School or home-schooled. ...

A new sign graces a historic building for a growing business on the Berryville Square. Painter's Palette Art School, owned by Lynne Crow, also houses a store selling supplies and all the necessities for artists in the area. For more information about the classes offered, call 479-586-4868 or visit www.PaintersPaletteArtSchool.com...