Stories from Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Two weeks ago today, the presidential candidate representing one of America's two major political parties made a not-so-subtle suggestion that supporters of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment could potentially assassinate his opponent. The suggestion was met by his audience not with shock, not with boos, but with a smattering of laughter and applause. ...

Three Carroll County residents were honored at the Arkansas Junior Cattlemen's Association Super Saturday on Aug. 13 in Fort Smith. Logan Sigmon of Berryville won High Point Simmental Heifer, High Point Simmental Bull and Reserve Overall Supreme Bull 2016. He is the son of Mike and Lisa Sigmon...

College Avenue will soon be safer for drivers and pedestrians alike. The city of Berryville has been working on a project on College Avenue for about four years now, Mayor Tim McKinney said. The two main focuses of the project, he said, are widening the road and adding sidewalks alongside it...

The new playground at Berryville Elementary School is a bit hit with students. The equipment was installed over the summer, and students finally got a chance to try it out last week. They were thrilled with the safe challenges the playground offered, swinging, climbing and sliding around from one piece of equipment to the next...

The Carroll County Quorum Court will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, to consider a resolution seeking to place the county's recently passed ordinance regarding ambulance service on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. The quorum court passed the ordinance on its second and third readings at its regular monthly meeting on Aug. 15...

The position of federal programs coordinator and director of instruction may have a confusing job title, but it is ultimately a support role for the Green Forest school district. That was the attitude of Dr. Lisa Carlon when describing her new position...

A Green Forest man has been charged with two felonies after allegedly stealing more than $1,300 worth of property from a garage at a home near Aurora, Mo. Michael McCormick, 51, is charged with second-degree burglary and theft. According to a probable cause statement filed by Sgt. Carl Cosper of the Barry County Sheriff's Office, the alleged theft took place at a home on Missouri Highway O near Aurora...

Local history came alive last week when the PBS/AETN show "Exploring Arkansas" rolled into the nostalgic town of Beaver. Producer Chuck Dovish interviewed Billie Jo Crough, longtime resident and keeper of the lore, on the porch of the historic Swope building where she grew up...

Normally, Gideon and I spend Sundays at home watching "Forensic Files" and playing with the cat. That's been especially true lately, because it's been too hot to do much else. This Sunday was different. It was a Sunday for the ages. We woke up early and milled around in the kitchen for a while. ...

Loaves and Fishes Food Bank of the Ozarks, broke ground Monday for 966-square-foot addition to its current 3,100- square-foot building. Additional storage and work space was needed to accommodate larger quantity buys for Food For Hungry Kids. Pictured from left to right are Dave Greathouse (in cab); Chris Claybaker, economic development director for the city of Berryville and director of the Berryville Chamber of Commerce; Berryille Mayor Tim McKinney; Mike Price of MDPConstruction; Loaves & Fishes treasurer Jeanne Thompson; Alan Sanderson of Morton Building; Loaves & Fishes board member Jason Tennant; Loaves and Fishes secretary Lieu Smith; and James Myatt, president of the Berryville Chamber of Commerce. ...

Here's a revisit of the first 'Then and Now' in the Carroll County News. This was an important part of the life of early Berryville. Do you recognize it? Do you know where it is? Most of you probably pass right by it many times a week, if not many times a day. Check Friday's Weekend edition to see where it is and what it looks like today. (Photo courtesy of Myra Poynor)...

BERRYVILLE -- More than anything, Friday night's intrasquad scrimmage in Berryville was about getting players on the field and seeing how they perform under pressure. Coach Austin Winters believes many of the Bobcat players handled the assignment well...

You must have a passion for volunteering if you do it for 20 years. Tom Souden obviously has that passion, as he enters his 20th season assisting with the Berryville youth soccer program. He is not only the Berryville Soccer Club president, but a coach as well...

An intrasquad scrimmage isn't time to jump to conclusions about how a team will do, but Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop is cautiously optimistic about the season after watching the Tigers in Friday's Meet The Tigers night. "I was real pleased with how the running backs looked," Bishop said. ...

Berryville Elementary School Principal Kelly Swofford said the elementary and intermediate schools had a safe and successful first week thanks to help from the community and parents. The school coordinated a school zone safety awareness campaign with the help of volunteers from Clay Maxey Ford and Jo Ann Clark State Farm agency. Volunteers passed out candy and fliers with the rules for safe school zone procedures to parents...

A commuter plane landed at a small connection airport in Tamworth, Australia. The flight attendant explained that passengers could get off the aircraft if they wanted, as the plane would re-board and resume its flight in about an hour. Everyone disembarked to take advantage of the break except for one man who was obviously blind...