Stories from Friday, October 14, 2016

The Green Forest City Council on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance that would raise water and sewer rates to finance the city's wastewater expansion project. Mayor Charles Reece said the rate increase is essentially 5 percent increase for water and 10 percent for sewer...

The Green Forest High School marching band walked away from the Pea Ridge Blackhawk Marching Classic with multiple awards this past weekend. The band won first place, outstanding color guard, outstanding music and outstanding general effect in their class and second place overall...

A fourth person has died as a result of a weekend accident on U.S. Highway 62 east of Berryville. Benita Langinbelk, 36, of Berryville, was listed in an initial report from the Arkansas State Police as being injured in the accident that occurred at 12:36 p.m. Sunday near Rock Crusher Hill. However, an amended report lists Langinbelk as being killed in the two-vehicle accident...

Justice of the Peace John Reeve pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges Wednesday in Berryville District Court, but can have his case dismissed if he is involved in no more incidents over the next year. Berryville city attorney Clint Scheel explained the "deferred adjudication" of Reeve's case, saying it's common for cases similar to Reeve's to be handled this way...

The Green Forest City Council voted Tuesday to approve the transfer of $63,091.82 from the city's general fund to the emergency equipment fund to fix a disparity in the distribution of sales tax proceeds. Mayor Charles Reece said that the city sales tax increase of 2013 had been voted on by citizens to distribute 80 percent of the sales tax collected to the city's general fund and 20 percent to the emergency equipment fund. ...

Though attributed to several different authors, Brazilian Fernando Sabino seemed to have been the first to coin this phrase: "Everything will be OK in the end; and if it's not OK, then it's not the end." These words keep me hopeful. They keep me trusting in Providence and reminding me that so many of the things I worry myself with, can never have the final word in my life -- or yours. ...

Even though this 'Now' photograph is from a lower elevation than the 'Then' picture, from the 1940s, shown in Tuesday's Midweek edition, numerous differences and similarities can be noticed. Missing is the three-foot-high concrete central platform in the middle of the square. ...

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is partnering with the Eureka Springs School District to offer flu vaccines to students and teachers from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the school district. Students will be bringing home a consent form with the date that the vaccine will be given and a fact shed about the flu vaccine. If parents want their child to get the vaccine, they must sign and return the form. Students will not be able to get the vaccine without signed permission...

The city of Eureka Springs is making sure that pedestrians, both small and large, stay safe this Halloween. A press release from the mayor's office says that the city will have extra staff all along the Historic Upper Loop to help ensure the safety of pedestrians. Vehicular traffic access will be limited to local residents and those with a lodging or dining destination on the Historic Upper Loop, the release says...

The Eureka Springs City Council voted against settling an ongoing civil case Monday night. Michael Mosely, who is representing the city through the Arkansas Municipal League, explained that the city is being sued by "plaintiff Morris." Kim Stryker, administrative assistant to the mayor, confirmed Tuesday that Jason Morris is the plaintiff Mosely referred to. She said Morris filed the case on April 8...

David Kent Collier 72, Springfield, MO passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in his home, after a long illness. He was born on December 9, 1943 in Berryville Arkansas to Hugh and Frances (Hubbs) Collier. David was raised in Green Forrest Arkansas before moving to Springfield, MO. ...

Lois Jean Morris passed away May 19, 2013 at Tulare, CA. She was born to Dillard Tibbets and Susan McCollough in Blue Eye, Missouri on January 24, 1924. Later in life she moved to California making a home in Visalia and in Corcoran. She was a florist for many years and even owned her own flower shop in Corcoran and Green Forest, AR. ...