Stories from Tuesday, July 18, 2017

The Friday night lights will be shining brightly in just over a month at high school football stadiums across Arkansas. This will be the final year the Green Forest Tigers compete in Class 3A before being moved up to Class 4A next year. Coach Bobby Bishop hopes his team is able to enjoy its last year of competing in the 3A-1...

The Berryville Bobcats head into the 2017 football season with a new coach and a renewed hope. But the Bobcats’ difficult schedule is still a challenge. Three of the Bobcats’ 4A-1 opponents reached the state playoff semifinals last season. Berryville also has road games against Gravette and Huntsville, both of which reached the playoffs last season...

The Green Forest school board announced at Thursday's meeting that coach Brandon Stone will be the new Green Forest baseball coach. Stone replaces Tony Coffey, who became an assistant football and baseball coach at Siloam Springs. For Stone, a Green Forest graduate, this is a dream come true...

Having graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith in May, Berryville coach Dylann Candelaria doesn't have much experience, but he is excited to dive right in. "I've heard nothing but good things about Berryville from friends and people I know that have been around Berryville because I'm not from the area," Candelaria said. ...

Fall practice for the Green Forest volleyball team begins on July 24, but that doesn't mean the Lady Tigers aren't plenty prepared heading into the season. "We did a lot of practices in June and went to a camp in Rolla, Mo.,” coach Trista Killingsworth said. "That was awesome because we were able to see where we were early on so we aren't starting from scratch."...

JOHNNY INMAN, of Berryville, Arkansas born August 25, 1956 in Seminole, Oklahoma, son of John James and Rosielee (Doss) Inman. He departed this life at home, surrounded by his family Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Berryville, Arkansas, at the age of 60 years. ...

Beds4Kids donates a free bed to a child in need for each mattress purchased between July 4 and Aug 31 at Brashears Furniture. This is the second year for Beds4Kids. Last year Brashears partnered with their customers to donate 79 beds to kids in the Branson, Berryville and Springdale area...

One of my favorite musical artists is a gentleman named Robert James Ritchie. You might know him better as Kid Rock. I’m sure that revelation is a little surprising to you. Kid Rock likely isn’t the kind of music you would expect a middle-aged newspaper editor to listen to, but I’ve always appreciated rock music and Kid Rock is a talented musician...

Approximately 40,000 uncultivated marijuana plants growing on a 10-acre plot in southeast Carroll County were destroyed last week, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. The plants, which were not ready for harvest, were discovered during an annual operation involving multiple agencies. They were spotted from the air, as the operation included Arkansas National Guard helicopters...

Eastern Carroll County Ambulance District commission chairman David Stoppel said Monday that after a lengthy workshop last week, he hopes the commission can begin making significant progress toward its goal of awarding a long-term contract to an ambulance service...

Even if people haven’t met Berryville artist Kriste-lee, they probably have seen her painted van around Carroll County. Kriste-lee said she uses craft paint to cover her vehicle in floral designs with intricate chains of patterned images. Now that the last design has become too worn out, she said it is time to unveil a new mobile masterpiece...

The Carroll County Quorum Court sailed through a short agenda Monday night, finishing its July meeting in a brisk 15 minutes. Justices of the Peace approved three appropriation ordinances with little discussion and not a single no vote: • a supplemental appropriation ordinance transferring money for repairs to the eastern district courthouse;...