Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Officer Jim Ross is going back to school, but his uniform looks a little different. Ross is serving as the new school resource officer (SRO) for the Berryville School District. He said he has worn a few different hats over his lifetime, having served as a postmaster before becoming a police officer...

The train whistle will sound a little more lonesome around Carroll County with the passing of Jewell Ray Pyron, longtime member of the Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society. Pyron, a Green Forest resident, died Saturday, Dec. 31. He was 84...

Leadership is beginning to feel familiar for Berryville High School senior Conrad Murray. Murray has been named the co-leader of the Environmental and Spatial Technologies (EAST) state technology team for the second year. Murray is the first Berryville student to receive the honor...

Carroll County schools will be showing their appreciation for school board members this January in honor of School Board Recognition Month. Board members serve their districts with no financial compensation, so students and staff are doing what they can to show their thanks for the countless hours of work board members put in each year...

The Carroll County Quorum Court's January meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in the courtroom of the county's Eastern District courthouse in Berryville. The court normally meets on the third Monday of each month, and this month's meeting had been scheduled for Jan. 16, but Carroll County Clerk Jamie Correia said Monday that the meeting has been rescheduled...

Holiday Island Community Church's Pastor Jeff Timm recently gave $4,000 to the Salvation Army on behalf of various Holiday Island churches and the Holiday Island Rotary and Elks clubs. Timm realized there wasn't a presence of the Salvation Army at the Holiday Island Shopping Center and began asking questions about that. He determined that when the local Salvation Army representative died, nobody kept his work going...

Going into 2017, parks director Justin Huss is hoping to continue the work the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission did in 2016. Huss said Dec. 27 that the commission did well financially all year, ending the year $27,450 over projected revenue at Lake Leatherwood City Park. The overall revenue, he said, is $37,519.68 over annual projections and the expenses are $18,362.86 under the budget...

Charles T. Cross, president and chief executive officer of Cornerstone Bank, recently announced that the local bank's annual donation of its downtown branch facility's parking lot to local organizations, civic groups and non-profits raised $42,238.70 in 2016...

For some of us, a new year means the opportunity to change for the better. Maybe you want to exercise more or unplug from social media or spend more time with your family. Whatever it is, I wish you luck. That said, I must admit that I'm not exactly a shining example when it comes to keeping a new year's resolution...

Rockin' W Excavation of Berryville has begun demolition of the old office and classroom building at the former Eureka Springs High School site. The other facilities on the site will be incorporated into the new Eureka Springs Community Center. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)...

ETHEL JANE MEYER, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas was born February 9, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri, daughter of Rev. L.W. and Daisy (Wells) Caldwell. She departed this life Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 90 years...

On December 23, 2016, Virginia Marie Matney Paulk passed away peacefully at Marietta House in Anchorage, Alaska. Virginia was born on August 22, 1917, in Berryville, AR, to Walter and Tura Lee Matney, the fourth child into a family of what would become ten children. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Friday's game between Berryville and Eureka Springs had a little bit of everything. Officials got chewed out. Coaches got screamed at. Even a sportswriter got yelled at. After all the shouting stopped, Eureka Springs pulled off the home victory, 53-41...

The Berryville football team built a foundation for success in 2016. Seniors Layne Chester, Jacob Graham, Andrew Scroggins and Justin Bredeson all helped lay this groundwork, along with juniors Charles Archer, Brady Smith and Devon Smith. The seven players were rewarded for their efforts by being named all-conference players...

On Saturday, the Berryville wrestling team traveled to the Fayetteville wrestling tournament. Robert Allen won his weight class at 195 pounds, Christian Lemus finished second in his weight class at 170, as did Brett Parsons at 138. Colton Record finished third at 220 pounds...

Freida Mae Tharp, age 86, of Green Forest, AR passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017. She was born July 29, 1930 in Green Forest, daughter of Hubert and Novella (Anderson) VanWinkle. Frieda was a graduate of Green Forest High School, class of 1950. On November 4, 1962 she married the love of her life, Rex Tharp...