Stories from Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The owner of a Holiday Island restaurant was being held at the Carroll County Detention Center on Wednesday afternoon after refusing to waive extradition to Illinois to face felony sexual abuse charges. Delbert "Butch" Phillips, owner of The Ozark Kitchen barbecue restaurant in Holiday Island, was initially arrested by a Carroll County Sheriff's Office deputy in downtown Eureka Springs on Thursday, March 12, on a felony warrant for allegedly violating the Arkansas Hot Check Law...

HARRISON-- Rain didn't stop the Berryville and Green Forest track teams from competing at the Community 1st Bank Relays in Harrison last Thursday. The Beebe boys won by a point over Harrison while Green Forest came in fourth and Berryville finished sixth. On the girls side, Harrison won easily, finishing 47 points above second place finisher, Green Forest. The Lady Bobcats finished third. The individual results for the boys is as follows:...

CLARKSVILLE-- The Berryville Lady Bobcats dropped three games in the Clarksville softball tournament on Saturday afternoon, losing 7-4 to the Pottsville Lady Apaches, 5-3 to the Russellville Lady Cyclones and 9-3 to the Clarksville Lady Panthers. Pottsville scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning too break a 4-4 tie and beat the Lady Bobcats in the opening round. ...

The Highlander basketball team had a season that will long be remembered in Eureka Springs. It was only the fifth time in school history the Highlanders had made the state tournament and the 27 wins was tied for third most in school history. Starting the year, reaching those milestones didn't seem realistic...

ROGERS-- The future of the Berryville wrestling team competed in the youth wrestling tournament in Rogers this weekend, putting an official end to wrestling season in Berryville. The young wrestlers ended the season on a strong note, bringing home four state champions, three second-place finishers and one third-place finisher. Of the 38 matches Berryville won, 35 were pins...