Stories from Friday, November 20, 2015

Following months of discussion, the Berryville School Board decided on a construction plan Monday night. The board voted unanimously to approve the second of four building options. This option involves building a new middle school but specifies that a wing of the current middle school building, media center and cafeteria be torn down. Instead of being razed, the high school building will be renovated...

For the Berryville City Council, owning roosters within city limits is a cockadoodle don't. The council approved an ordinance updating animal control regulations to prohibit roosters on Tuesday night. Approved on second and third readings, the ordinance repeals any ordinances conflicting with it...

Bruce Bieschke has a message for the people of Eureka Springs. "Thank you, Eureka!" Bieschke said in an email after the recent Scouting for Food drive. Beginning Saturday, Nov. 7, scouts, parents and leaders along with help from the Rotary Club and food bank volunteers began placing bags on doorknobs in Eureka Springs. The following Saturday, Nov. 14, they returned to pick up the bags, which had been filled with food donations from Eureka Springs residents to help the needy...

The Green Forest School District won't be moving forward with construction on its new maintenance and transportation building for a while. On Monday night, the Green Forest School Board agreed to wait to build until Superintendent Matt Summers can negotiate a contract with the owners of a more suitable property. Summers explained that the property will meet the needs of the district better than the property initially planned for the project...

Kendon McAlister of Green Forest was inducted into the Arkansas Purple Circle Club on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Little Rock after winning the Junior Commercial Heifer Showmanship award at the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show. McAlister is a sixth-grade student at Berryville Middle School...

Earlier this year a 92-year-old Georgia woman named Josephine King was expelled from her church, a church she had been a member of for more than 50 years. The notification she received read: "Josephine King is no longer considered a member of this church as she has shown non-support towards the church in the areas of constant and consistent financial and physical participation."...

Nov. 13 Cynthia K. Blair, 46, Oak Grove, was booked on criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. Kale Moses Cowan, 18, Green Forest, was booked on shoplifting and on hold for Faulkner County. Christopher Brian Delgado, 36, Green Forest, was booked on court commitment...