Stories from Tuesday, February 23, 2016

An apparent shooting Friday night near Eureka Springs left one man dead and another in jail on charges of first-degree murder. According to a press release from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a report at 8:44 p.m. Friday of a disturbance involving trespassers at Stone Wall Mountain, on Highway 23 north of Eureka Springs...

Owen Powell began working at the Berryville School District 17 years ago as a head football coach. On July 1, he'll be the district's new superintendent. The Berryville School Board agreed Monday night to hire Powell for the position. Powell will replace Superintendent Phil Clark, who will retire June 31. ...

With the addition of two doctors, Mercy Hospital Berryville is increasing the number and type of surgeries offered each week. Mercy surgeons Robert Dorman and James Irwin have begun offering weekly services in Berryville. The doctors alternate weekly visits to the hospital on Wednesdays, with Dorman beginning Dec. 29 and Irwin on Jan. 13...

A 32-year-old man is being held in the Carroll County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond after being arrested with a large quantity of methamphetamine, according to a press release from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. According to the press release, the incident began on Thursday, Feb. 18, when CCSO Cpl. Jonathan White stopped a Nissan Pathfinder on County Road 422 for traffic violations...

Berryville Police Chief Robert Bartos has been appointed to The Merlin Foundation's Advisory Board effective immediately, the foundation announced in a press release. "The Advisory Board is the primary communications channel for vital information needed by the Foundation to ensure its mission is meeting the needs of the community," the press release says...

The Eureka Springs Highlander Community Center Foundation will have to wait a bit longer for its lease contract to be approved. On Thursday night, the Eureka Springs School Board agreed to wait another month before approving the contract. Superintendent Bryan Pruitt explained that there are a couple parts of the contract that need to be changed or stricken...

The Green Forest Junior High Quiz Bowl team finished third over the weekend in the Class 3A Junior High State Quiz Bowl Tournament. The team is composed of seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students who compete in an academic quiz setting against teams from other schools. ...

Out of sheer curiosity, I follow two reality shows. These shows feature surprisingly similar families, but many people probably wouldn't think so. What are the shows? "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "19 Kids and Counting," of course. Most of us know about the Kardashians. ...

Do you recognize this scene in Eureka Springs? It's the intersection of Spring Street and Center Street, across from the Basin Park Hotel. This was the view you would have seen from the early 1900s until 1989. What happened then? Take a look at Friday's Weekend edition to see what it looks like now and read a bit of Eureka history. ...

Tiffany Doyle and Wilfredo Rangel-Reyes are no longer members of Berryville Drug Court. The two graduated from the program on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Their criminal records were sealed, and they each received tickets to Lokomotion, an amusement center, for their families...