Stories from Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Wayne Richardson, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born February 5, 1920, in Coldwater, Kansas, a son of Raymond Arthur and Doris Wiona (Thompson) Richardson. He departed this life Friday, February 26, 2016, at Hospice of the Hills in Harrison, at the age of 96 years...

Virginia Sue Curtis Johnson, a Green Forest resident was born April 26, 1937 in Green Forest. A daughter of Bennie and Virginia Curtis. She departed this life, Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2016 in Springfield, Mo. at the age of 78. She is survived by three brothers, Richard, Billy, and Jimmy Curtis of Northwest Arkansas and two sisters, Roberta Pinkley of Blue Eye, Mo. ...

Harrison police officer Jack Gentry Jr. and Oak Grove police chief Jason Hunt will square off in a March 22 runoff for the Republican nomination for Carroll County sheriff. In unofficial results from Tuesday's preferential primary and non-partisan judicial election, Gentry received 1,317 votes (38.6 percent) while Hunt got 1,152 votes (33.7 percent). Former Carroll County Sheriff's Office lieutenant Mike Zimmerman received 945 votes (27.7 percent)...

Carroll County election officials worked through the night Tuesday, but software glitches prevented them from releasing results from the preferential primary and non-partisan general election. At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, the election officials were still working to resolve the issues...