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Bv's Noble will continue track career at Central Arkansas (High School Sports ~ 04/17/15)
Hannah Noble is a four-sport athlete at Berryville High School. She plays volleyball, basketball and softball as well as competing in track and field. But she says she knew from a young age that track and field was her calling. On Wednesday, Noble signed a national letter of intent with the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where she will continue her career as a high jumper... -
Big inning costs Bobcats in loss
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/15)
BERRYVILLE -- You can't win a game in one inning, but you can lose it. Berryville learned that lesson the hard way in a 13-1 loss Monday evening to the Pea Ridge Blackhawks. With Berryville trailing 1-0 entering the top of the third, the first five Blackhawk batters either walked or reached on an error. ...
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Lady Bobcats blank Green Forest
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/15)
BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Lady Bobcats were too much for the Green Forest Lady Tigers on Tuesday evening, winning 15-0 in three innings. Berryville's Emma Hill struck out eight and only allowed two hits. Bailey Donahoe hit a grand slam and scored twice, while Ciera Foster had two hits to go along with her two RBIs and two runs. ...
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Lady Saints use height advantage to top BV
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/15)
BERRYVILLE -- It was supposed to be a soccer match, not a basketball game. That is what Berryville girls soccer coach Aaron Hall said regarding the height disparity in the Lady Bobcats' 3-1 loss to Shiloh Christian on Monday. "They might have been 4 to 6 inches taller than us at every position," Hall said. "They brought over quite a few basketball players, and we didn't."...
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Special visitors (Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Carroll County Extension Agent Bruce Lee visited the Carroll County Learning Center PreK Building in Berryville on April 9 with farm animals for the children to view. He told the children about how these animals give us food and clothing. Lee is CCLC's community helper for the month of April. 'We appreciate him and all he does for the farmers and youth of Carroll County,' the center said in an email... -
God smiles
(Column ~ 04/17/15)
Over the last two years the world has combated the largest Ebola epidemic in history. And the current upsurge, beginning in West Africa in 2013, continues even though it has fallen off the front pages of our newspapers. Ebola is a fearful disease. There are multiple strains, a dreadful mortality rate, and scientists know precious little about it, as Ebola is relatively new to the medical community. ...
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Carroll County Jail Log, April 10-16
(Local News ~ 04/17/15)
April 10 Cabrin Michael Charland, 31, Harrison, was booked on drug court violation. Brandy Marie Hans, 32, Berryville, was booked on failure to appear. Monica Lynn Wolfe, 27, Harrison, was booked on driving on a suspended license, failure to pay and obstruction of government operations...
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Eureka Springs High School hosts blood drive Monday
(Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for A Negative and O Negative bloody types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of these blood types available for area patients. Donors are urged to give blood at an area blood drive or CBCO donor center...
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Hagedorns to celebrate 50 years (Anniversary ~ 04/17/15)
Al and Mary Anne (Fields) Hagedorn, formerly of Holiday Island and currently of St. Charles, Mo., will celebrate their 50th anniversary on April 24. The couple was married on April 24, 1965, at the Church of St. Thomas More in Bel-Ridge, Mo. They are the parents of Jeff (Rosalind) Hagedorn of Ferguson, Mo., and John (Karen) Hoffman of St. Ann, Mo. They also have seven grandchildren... -
Riding season begins (Local News ~ 04/17/15)
'You know where we're going so you take the lead,' Matt Terry of Florida tells his friend John Bell of Berryville before they set out Thursday morning for a motorcycle ride in the Ozarks. Sam Johnston, also from Florida, joined Terry and Bell on the ride on what was expected to be the only clear day this week... -
Alzheimer's talk is rescheduled for April 24
(Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Betsey Broyles-Arnold and daughter Molly Arnold-Gay will discuss Alzheimer's disease in-depth from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 24 at the Freeman Heights Baptist Church as part of Mercy Hospital's auxiliary program. Though the seminar was originally scheduled for April 10, the women had to push it back for personal reasons...
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Carving in the Ozarks (Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Stevie Songer of Oklahoma works on a carving at last year's Carving in the Ozarks Chainsaw Carving Festival in Eureka Springs. This year's event begins Friday and continues Saturday behind Cornerstone Bank and McDonald's in Eureka Springs. Times are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, with an auction at 4 p.m. Saturday... -
GF council OKs water rate increase
(Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Green Forest residents will be paying a little more to use city water soon. At its meeting Tuesday morning, the Green Forest City Council approved Ordinance 645, raising the rate to match the Carroll Boone Water District's rate increase. This increase, Mayor Charles Reece said, is 25 cents for 1,000 gallons of water to fund the construction of a parallel water line...
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Easy as 1-2-3: Kindergarten Roundup aims to simplify registration
(Local News ~ 04/17/15)
Kindergarten Roundup at Berryville Elementary School is going to be a little different this year. According to principal Kelly Swofford, parents will receive help at the event -- scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Bobcat Arena -- if they don't have all the information necessary to register their children for kindergarten...
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