Stories from Friday, February 26, 2016

Pins are what the Berryville Bobcats will need this weekend in order to win the high school state wrestling championship. Berryville assistant coach Seth Record said there will be a three-way race between the Bobcats, Pulaski Academy and Greenbrier, all looking to bring home the state championship...

The Green Forest Tigers didn't win a regular season conference game all year. They made sure to beat Melbourne 87-84 in overtime on Monday night in the district tournament, however. "Last night was the best game in the four years I have been head coach," Green Forest coach Brandon Stone said...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- The Berryville Lady Bobcats were unable to produce the same level of excitement the boys did Wednesday, but their 58-33 victory over Shiloh Christian will be just as memorable. For the third year in a row, the Lady Bobcats are going to the regional tournament. They were led in Wednesday's game by senior Ally Teague and freshman Baylea Smith...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said sports don't build character, they reveal it. When the Berryville Bobcats were behind by 21 points at halftime on Wednesday in Prairie Grove, it would have been easy for the Bobcats to call it a season. Instead, the Bobcats came back to win 64-63 and advance to the regional tournament...

The first two times the Berryville Bobcats faced Huntsville this season, things didn't go well. The same can be said for Friday's 58-38 loss in the semifinals of the district tournament at Prairie Grove. Huntsville's River Gosvener scored 35 points as the Eagles fought back from an early deficit to defeat the Bobcats...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders set a goal of winning the regular-season district championship. Home losses to Union Christian Academy and Magazine derailed that goal, so the Highlanders set their sights on winning the district tournament championship instead. Back-to-back wins over Mountainburg and Union Christian Academy over the weekend enabled the Highlanders to reach that goal...

LITTLE ROCK -- The Berryville Bobcat wrestling team didn't bring home a state title Saturday night like they had hoped, but Garrett Record brought home a first-place medal. "It makes me feel great," Record said. "I had it in my mind all weekend that I was going to pin everybody in the first period and then it happened."...

After a victory over Shiloh Christian on Wednesday, the Berryville Lady Bobcats were focused on improving their seeding for the regional tournament. With eight minutes left in the district championship game on Saturday against Prairie Grove, the Lady Bobcats led by four points. They lost 39-33...

QUITMAN -- The Eureka Springs Highlanders have accomplished something that had never been done in program history, making the state tournament in back-to-back seasons. A 62-52 victory over the Lisa Academy Jaguars in the first round of the 2A West Regional Tournament has put the Highlanders back in the state tournament. Reggie Sanchez scored 42 points in the win...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- It's one thing to take an experienced team to a state tournament. It's another to take a group of players to the state tournament who had never played a game of organized basketball together until November. That is what the Berryville Lady Bobcats did Thursday evening when they defeated Clinton, 70-45 in the first round of the 4A North regional tournament...

Maxine Smith will celebrate her 90th birthday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Cattleman's Building at the fairgrounds in Berryville. Born on March 1, 1926, Smith has lived in Berryville almost all her life. Cards are welcome. (Submitted photo)...

Business owners who work at home should take note. The Eureka Springs City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve an ordinance clarifying the location of home occupation businesses. The ordinance was approved on a third and final reading...

Eureka Springs Public Works Director Dwayne Allen released a letter updating the Eureka Springs City Council on the city's water quality issues on Monday. In the letter, Allen described how the public works department has taken measures to increase the city's water quality. The department, Allen said, is working to meet state regulations while testing the water to be sure it's safe...

Feb. 19 Garth Junior Burrell, 22, Berryville, was booked no failure to appear. Jessica Dawn Chandler, 32, Springfield, was booked on assault on a family or household member, terroristic threatening and disorderly conduct. Brittany Hope Collett, 31, El Dorado Springs, was booked on two counts of failure to appear and three counts of failure to pay...

Author Gretchen Rubin says there are two kinds of people in the world, or at least two ways to make decisions in this world. There is the "satisficer" (yes, that's a real word that has been the subject of "rational choice theory" studies for some seven decades now); and there is the "maximizer."...

The Flat-Iron Building at the corner of Spring and Center streets is an iconic Eureka Springs landmark, though it is one of more recent construction. The original Flat-Iron Building was constructed within sight of Basin Spring in 1880. It was the first structure made of brick among hundreds of wood buildings. ...

Carroll County Judge Sam Barr has lifted the burn ban. A press release says the ban was lifted on Thursday. "As always, continue to burn with caution and never leave a fire unattended," Barr wrote in the release. Barr issued the ban on Feb. 2.

David Stephenson had more than enough snow on his truck Wednesday morning to have a snowball fight. Stephenson lives at a higher elevation where some accumulations were measurable. A Carroll Electric Co-Op line crew was out all night restoring downed lines and reported some drifts of six inches. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)...

Kelby Harness is being recognized for her community service in a big way. Harness, an 18-year-old Green Forest student, has received a President's Volunteer Service Award for her exemplary volunteer service. Granted by the Prudential Spirt of Community Awards, the award recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country...

For Josh Siebert, Green Forest is home. "It's always provided a sense of warmth," Siebert said. Siebert, who graduated from Green Forest High School in 1997, has been working in the community over the past eight years to improve its facilities. Siebert co-founded Modus Studio, a Fayetteville-based architecture firm, in 2008. He said he quickly realized that he could use the firm to help his hometown grow...

A 6-year-old kindergarten student at Green Forest Elementary School reportedly died of injuries suffered in an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle on Wednesday. Multiple Facebook posts on Thursday referred to the death of Evan Owens. According to one of the posts, Evan died after being airlifted to a Springfield, Mo., hospital after the accident...

HOLIDAY ISLAND--In November the Corps of Engineers authorized the construction of a floating 14-by-18-foot restroom at the Holiday Island Marina. Currently the estimated cost is $20,317 but the go-ahead to install the facility still depends on a regulatory permit if there will be any ground disturbance below the ordinary high-water mark, which is at 922.5 above mean sea level at the site. ...