Stories from Friday, August 10, 2018

The Carroll County Community Foundation is working with local school districts to teach kids a love of reading. A press release from the Carroll County Community Foundation, the local affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation, says the nonprofit is presenting Grade-Level Reading (GLR) Initiative Grants to Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest elementary schools. ...

After serving on the Berryville City Council for a little over 25 years, alderman Joel Gibson will step down at the end of his term this year. Mayor Tim McKinney said Gibson was originally appointed to the council on Aug. 4, 1992, to fill a vacancy after another alderman had resigned...

Construction on the Carroll County Career Center will be completed before classes begin this school year. The Berryville City Council voted Tuesday to approve Ordinance 1039, waiving competitive bidding for the procurement of asphalt paving services at the career center...

Over coffee on a recent morning, my wife and I found ourselves talking about our family roots. My ancestors - rigorously investigated by a distant cousin - were Ulster-Scot and Welsh farmers arriving decades before the American Revolution. As they slipped southernly down the Appalachians, more than one Cherokee grandmother (of the Eastern Band in North Carolina) came to populate my family tree...

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, Aug. 9, a total of 98 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

Mason Jones, 5, of Berryville is awarded with prizes by his favorite librarians at Berryville Public Library on Thursday for reading a whopping 2,000 books before his first day of kindergarten.

Eliece Clark celebrated her 101st birthday at the Carroll County Senior Center on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The festive party was made complete with decorations, cake and live music.