Stories from Friday, April 7, 2017

The Western Carroll County Ambulance District Commission holds a special meeting on Monday to decide which organization will provide the ambulance service for the Western District for the next five years. Pictured from left to right are commissioners David Carlisle, Sam Ward, Ken Mills and Melissa Lee...

Charles Templeton is officially the chairman of the Carroll County Democratic Party. On Wednesday night, more than 50 members met to elect officers for the party. Templeton had been elected chairman at a meeting Feb. 25, but the state party refused to accept the vote because new members were allowed to vote without waiting 30 days from the time they joined the party...

The vision for Berryville’s future economic development is 20/20. Chris Claybaker, economic development director for the city, presented Berryville Works 2020, an economic development blueprint and action plan, to the Berryville City Council on Tuesday night...

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center has opened its newest clinic in Berryville. Located at 408 Orchard Drive, The Physicians Clinic provides families in Carroll County and surrounding areas the opportunity to have safe and quality healthcare services close to home...

Clear Spring School teacher Hannah Murphy had an exciting spring break this year. Murphy spoke at the TESOL 2017 International Convention & English Language Expo, held from March 21-24 in Seattle, Wash. Murphy explained the purpose of the convention, saying it focuses on the methods of teaching English to speakers of other languages. That’s her specialty, Murphy said...

A group of festive fundraising citizens in Holiday Island collected more in their kettles than anyone else in the area this past Christmas. The Salvation Army honored Holiday Island with the Top Fundraising 2016 award at the organization’s appreciation banquet on March 23. Pastor Jeff Timm of the Holiday Island Community Church said the area raised more than $5,000 for the Salvation Army...

For four decades, Eunice Pike was a missionary to the Mazatecs, an aboriginal people in southwestern Mexico. She had not lived long among them when she noticed that no one in their villages ever sent anyone else well wishes. It was a strange cultural anomaly: The Mazatec people, though living together, shared extremely little with one another. ...

March 30 Andrew Dale Evans, 42, Berryville, was booked on violation of a protection order. Justin Shawn Gabrick, 24, Huntsville, was booked on speeding, driving on a suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, carrying a prohibited weapon, careless and prohibiting driving and no proof of insurance...

The Eureka Springs Planning Commission is keeping a possible master plan in mind. On Tuesday, March 28, the commission discussed the need for a master plan to help with various planning processes. Commissioner Ann Tandy-Sallee said she looked over documents since the commission’s last meeting and decided the commission does need a master plan...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers got their first softball win of the season last Thursday, defeating Marshall 14-0 at home. Coach Ryan Whetham said he was glad to see the Lady Tigers break through and finally get that much-needed victory. "That was good for our girls," Whetham said. "They played really well. Trinity McMahan pitched and did a great job. We beat them in five innings. We hit the ball really well from top to bottom…everybody just played really well. It was good to see."...

GREEN FOREST — Green Forest's home game against Bergman was a double-header because the first game was rained out. Rain was in the forecast for Tuesday as well, but the two teams were fortunate enough to get nearly every inning of play in. In the first game, Bergman defeated Green Forest, 8-0. ...

Good pitching can be the key to winning baseball games. That was the case Tuesday when Berryville's Austin Woods pitched six innings and allowed only one hit. Robby Broseus closed the game out in the seventh inning for the Bobcats. "I was particularly pleased with how we played defense," Berryville coach David Broseus said. ...

It's pretty surprising when 10 players from the same team score in a basketball game. It's unheard of when 10 players from the same team score in a soccer match. Berryville did that Tuesday evening against Bergman in a 13-0 victory. Brian Tovar, Abdieel Torres and Junior Perez each scored two goals. ...