Stories from Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The most wonderful time of the year is right around the corner, and Carroll County will kick off the Christmas season with a trio of parades the first weekend in December. Berryville The annual Berryville Christmas Parade will have a cinematic spin this year...

Eureka Springs has reclaimed a piece of its history. John Fuller Cross, chairman of Cornerstone Bank, recently reclaimed a 1954 portrait of his grandfather, former congressman Claude Albert Fuller, and hung it in Cornerstone Bank’s museum at 70 S. Main St. in Eureka Springs...

Carroll County schools held Veterans Day assemblies on Friday to salute local veterans for their service. Berryville Berryville High School recognized veterans with a slideshow and musical performance Friday in the Bobcat Gym. High schoolers Amber Veach and Delwin Portillo welcomed visitors to the assembly before the presentation of the colors by the Eureka Springs Color Guard...

The Carroll County Country Chicks Extension Homemakers Club (EHC) is offering a local option for Christmas shopping this weekend. The third annual Christmas Gifts Galore will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds in Berryville. Club member Sheila Whiteley said there are 61 vendors signed up this year, and they will be set up in the east and west exhibit halls...

Like many of you, I grew up in a small Arkansas town where everybody knew everything about you. That made it difficult for those in the LGBT community to express who they were. If they were lucky, they could hide it. Most of them weren’t that lucky...

Calvary Christian Academy in Berryville recently announced its Pastor’s and Principal’s honor rolls. The Pastor’s honor roll is for students with grades of 95-100. Principal’s honor roll is for students with grades of 90-94. Pastor’s Honor Roll Olivia Best, Sarah Best, Wyatt Clark, Mariah Cornell, Carson Estrada, Ariana Ines, Gabriel Ines, Matthew Ines, Ellie Villines, Lainey Villines, Tag Villines...

Opening up the season against a Class 3A team that made it to the semifinals of the state tournament a year ago, one would expect a difficult game. That wasn't the case Wednesday night when the Berryville Lady Bobcats defeated the Greenland Lady Pirates, 53-19...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday, losing 56-39 at Deer. "We have got the injury bug going on right now," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. "Garrett (Cross) is about 50 percent, if that. He got hit in in the thigh twice against Haas Hall last week. ...

The Berryville junior high football team ended the year with a 20-14 home loss to Huntsville on Thursday, Nov. 2. Berryville led 14-6 at halftime, but the Bobcats started the second half by throwing two interceptions. The first interception was returned to the Bobcat 10 and the other to the Bobcat 25...

A 41-9 victory more closely resembles a football score than a basketball score, but this 32-point victory at the Queens of the Court Tournament was how much the Green Forest Lady Tigers beat Bruno-Pyatt by in the Queens of the Court Tournament on Wednesday evening in Green Forest...