Stories from Friday, July 28, 2017

The Berryville man who robbed a Eureka Springs bank and then fled in a taxi in October 2016 was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison, with credit for nine months served in a county facility. U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III sentenced Hunter Cody Chafin, 20, during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Fort Smith. He will have to serve nine months in a federal facility, with two years of supervised probation after his release from prison...

David Stoppel, chairman of the Eastern Carroll County Ambulance District Commission, on Tuesday presented his fellow commissioners with a partially completed rough draft of a request for proposals from ambulance service providers. The commission, which held a workshop July 14 to discuss the RFP, was scheduled to hold another workshop Thursday afternoon in Berryville. Details from Thursday’s discussion were not available by press time for the Weekend edition...

Substitutes at the Berryville School District will be getting a bump in pay this school year. The Berryville School Board voted at its Tuesday meeting to increase the pay for all substitutes from $60 a day to $65 a day. Superintendent Owen Powell said he was recommending the increase to keep Berryville competitive with other schools in the area...

The start of the new school year is fast approaching, and Carroll County students can soon take a first look at their new classrooms. Green Forest The Green Forest School District will hold a Kindergarten Registration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Parents will need to bring proof of residency, their child’s birth certificate, immunization history and contact information...

Mercy Hospital Berryville is stepping up its battle against the leading cause of death in the United States: heart disease. Thanks to donations by the community, the hospital’s heart team has a new stress test machine. “It’s a very impressive piece of equipment – the top of the line,” said Carrie Kauffman, licensed practical nurse at Mercy’s cardio-pulmonary rehab department. ...

You are a human, a highly evolved sentient species composed mostly of water, oxygen, carbon and a few dozen other lesser chemicals. All in all, you consist of about 10 octillion atoms — give or take a few million — that miraculously hold together. I, “homo sapiens” that I am, have a nearly identical makeup as yours: We hold more than 99 percent of our individual genetic material in common...

The Eureka Springs City Council approved a resolution adopting the city’s 2016 budget on Monday night. Mayor Butch Berry said the resolution reflects money the city spent and brought in last year, saying the city had $599,576 extra as of Jan. 1. “Now, Jan. 2, we may have spent $300,000 of that, but as of Jan. 1, this is the balance,” Berry said...

The Green Forest School Board voted at its Monday meeting to approve an occupational therapy (OT) service contract with Wolf Wellness Center in Holiday Island. The board later voted to accept the resignation of Michelle Wolf as a paraprofessional and to approve the transfer of Laura Conover from paraprofessional to special education. The board also voted to hire Amanda Dixon, Corey Zimmerman and Alison Criner as paraprofessionals...

July 21 • Golden Jewel Bricker, 29, Green Forest, was booked on violation of a protection order. • Carolyn Ann Bruce, 28, Green Forest, was booked on failure to appear. • Alejandra Ortiz-Hernandez, 24, Springdale, was booked on failure to appear. • Lamonica Ann Puente, 29, Berryville, was booked on failure to pay...