Stories from Friday, July 6, 2018

The city of Berryville has several big projects underway this summer. City administrative assistant Jay Lee updated the Berryville City Council on the progress of each project Tuesday. He said the city is waiting to hear back about funding for the rural water project, which will add approximately 41 miles of water line into the future growth area outside of Berryville, before approving the first bids...

Dry conditions originally led local officials to cancel the annual Fire on the Mountain fireworks display that had been scheduled for Wednesday, July 4, but after a storm blew through the area Tuesday afternoon the show was back on. Residents gathered at the Fairgrounds, the baseball fields and parking lots across town to watch the fireworks above Saunders Heights. See more photos on Page 12...

Legal Aid of Arkansas has filed a new lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Human Services, attempting to end the agency’s backlog of assessments and reassessments for home-based care needs. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Barbara Johnson, a Harrison woman with arthritis and a degenerative neuromuscular disease, and asks Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray to order DHS to conduct assessments using the previously used ArPath assessment tool, which relied on a nurse’s assessment of a disabled person’s condition in order to determine care needs, to allocate home-based care needs under the ARChoices Medicaid program, which serves approximately 8,800 people.. ...

The Carroll County Health Unit will host a back-to-school immunization clinic from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 27, at 402 Hailey Road in Berryville. To participate in the immunization clinic, please call soon to make an appointment. “Immunizations are an important way to keep us, our families and our community safe and healthy,” said Lisa Holt, Carroll County Health Unit administrator. ...

Two Carroll County students competed among the best career and technical students in the country at the 2018 SkillsUSA Championships held in Louisville, Ky., on June 27 and 28. Eureka Springs High School student Cole Rains was awarded the high school bronze medal and a Skill Point Certificate in Masonry...

Outgoing Berryville Rotary Club President Johnice Dominick presents a president’s pin to incoming President Allen Rogers. 

Nonprofits working in and for the residents of Carroll County can go to arcf.org/givingtree beginning July 10 to apply online for Fall Giving Tree Grants through Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation. Applications must be submitted online by Aug. 15...

Unaccompanied Alien Children. That’s the official nomenclature assigned to some 12,000 minors held in custody by the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement (O.R.R.). And make no mistake about it: They are in custody, and are not being actively resettled anywhere except repurposed Walmart stores across more than a dozen states...

Thanks to Lewis Automotive Group of Fayetteville, the animals at Good Shepherd Humane Society have a much sweeter ride. On Wednesday, June 27, Good Shepherd’s board of directors heard from president Jay Fusaro about the shelter’s new vehicle. Fusaro said Lewis Automotive gave the shelter a 25 percent discount on the van, which will be used to transport animals from one place to another...

This listing includes individuals who are booked into the Carroll County Detention Center. Charges may be reduced or dropped, and individuals are presumed innocent until being found guilty in court. As of Thursday, July 5, a total of 84 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

CAROLYN JOYCE CONNER, of Huntsville, Arkansas was born May 19, 1941 in Aurora, Missouri to Charlie and Becky (Rosson) Taylor. She departed this life on Sunday, July 1, 2018 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 77 years. Carolyn enjoyed quilting and crocheting whenever she could. She was known for her loud debates and pinching little children...

JESSE ORVIS PARKER, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born May 22, 1926 in Busch, Arkansas to Charlie J. and Bessie (Gunnels) Parker. He departed this life on Saturday, June 30, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas at the age of 92. Jesse had many friends and loved ones. ...