Stories from Tuesday, December 2, 2014

A Carroll County Sheriff's Office Investigator was fired Monday after being arrested Saturday. Sheriff Bob Grudek said Monday that investigator Joel Hand was "terminated today." Hand was booked into the Carroll County Detention Center on Saturday. The jail intake log indicates Hand was booked on probable cause of domestic battery in the third degree. Hand was later released, according to the jail log...

Carroll County residents had an icy Monday morning. According to Joe Sellers, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Tulsa, this light precipitation should be completely gone by Tuesday. "It's mostly done at this point," Sellers said Monday morning. ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Downtown Berryville will be among the historic locations included in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's "Walks Through History" tours during 2015, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced Monday. The tour of downtown Berryville will be held Saturday, May 16. It is co-sponsored by the Berryville Historical Society. Most tours begin at 11 a.m., according to an AHPP news release, although it did not list a specific starting time for the Berryville tour...

When I was 7 years old, I had a serious obsession with "Growing Pains," the popular sitcom starring Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke and Tracey Gold. I watched the show every day after school and often pointed out the inconsistencies in story lines to my mother over dinner...

The Berryville Rotary Club hosted its November Student of the Month, Brayn Maldonado, on Nov. 18. Brayn's parents are Glenda Lopez and Marvin Maldonado. He is involved in Science Club, Renaissance Club and National Honors Society. He is taking several college courses through the Berryville NorthArk Extension...