Stories from Friday, October 19, 2018

JOSEPH CARROLL PERKINS, of Berryville, Arkansas was born on December 25, 1940 in Berryville, Arkansas son of Wesley Perkins and Ethel Rhoda (Garner) Perkins. He departed this life on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in Berryville, Arkansas at 77 years of age...

By Thomas McKenzie The Green Forest Tigers’ homecoming was chilly and wet Friday night, though that didn’t stop them from having their normal festivities. Before the game, all of the Green Forest athletes from seventh grade to the high school football team were introduced...

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com Green Forest extended its shutout streak to four games in junior high action last Thursday, defeating Gravette 32-0. The Tigers haven’t allowed a point in conference play and have posted five shutouts altogether...

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews @cox-internet.com Headed into last Friday’s game against Gravette, Berryville coach Doug Shott said he wanted his team to get off to a good start and regain some of its swagger after a three-game losing streak. Mission accomplished...

Berryville Middle School will hold its middle school dance from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Rock Gym. Tickets are $5 per person and include drinks and snacks.

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, Oct. 18, a total of 100 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

The Holiday Island Presbyterian Church held its annual Spaghetti Dinner on Oct. 1 to benefit Echo Village. Pictured from left to right are mission elder Roxanne Royster and Echo Village representatives Steve Robertson, Suzie Bell and Annunziata Scarpino. Echo Village received a $3,000 check from the dinner...

Myrtie Mae’s waitress Molly Herndon Pinkley is getting better after being injured in a two-vehicle accident on Oct. 17. Abbie Miller, who works with Pinkley at Myrtie Mae’s, said Pinkley was airlifted to Washington Regional Hospital on Wednesday morning. Pinkley’s injuries include broken ribs, facial fractures, several broken vertebrae, a lacerated liver and a possibly broken wrist and arm, according to Miller...

More than 50 people in Berryville and Green Forest joined in the national Life Chain on Sunday, Oct. 7 to pray for the protection of unborn babies and ‘the end of abortion on demand,’ according to a news release. Participants lined the square in Berryville and both sides of the street at the Green Forest square...

The Green Forest School Board voted Monday to award a $500 bonus to all contracted employees in the Green Forest School District. Superintendent Matt Summers said the $500 bonus is to be paid as a one-time check in November. The board voted to approve a contract with PresenceLearning to provide online speech therapy at a rate of $67 per hour...

It was this week more than 75 years ago, that one of the most harrowing personal dramas of the Second World War played itself out on a watery stage in the Central Pacific Ocean. Carrying a classified communication to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Rickenbacker and his crew ditched their plane into the water after straying off course...

White Street Candy Bank is now accepting donations. Candy bank organizers Mark Hughes, Steve Beacham and Jerri Stevens reported that they’re already taken in candy to make Halloween special for all the kids who come to Eureka Springs to trick or treat...

The Green Forest High School Band has had an out-of-this-world season, and it’s not just because of this marching show’s “Extraterrestrial” theme. The band has taken home several wins the past few weeks. The band won second place in class at the Pea Ridge Blackhawk Marching Classic. ...

Green Forest sophomore Bianca Rosales, the Northwest Arkansas District Fair Queen, was among the top three finalists Tuesday night at the Arkansas State Fair Pageant in Little Rock. Rosales advances to the State Fair finals on Saturday, Oct. 20. ‘This is a huge honor and I will do my best to represent the Northwest District,’ Rosales said. ‘Thank you to everyone that has helped me on this incredible journey.’ Bianca is the daughter of Christian and Gloria Rosales of Green Forest...

Allegiance Health Management is late on rent. At the Eureka Springs Hospital Commission’s Monday meeting, commissioner John House asked where the rent check is. The commission hasn’t received a check in four months, said chairman Michael Merry. Merry said that’s because of problems with Medicare payments...

Berryville’s 2018 Leaf Pick-Up has been scheduled for November and the beginning of December. Mayor Tim McKinney announced the dates and routes Tuesday at the Berryville City Council meeting. “The leaf pickup is scheduled,” he said. “We’re pretty much going to do what we did last year.”...

A Holiday Island man surrendered to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges including attempted first-degree murder. Granville Taylor Anderson, 28, was booked into the county detention center. No bond had been set as of Thursday afternoon...

Beaver Bridge was reopened Thursday following an inspection by the Arkansas Department of Transportation after two buses exceeding the structure’s weight limit drove across it Saturday, Oct. 13. A video recording of the buses crossing the bridge was shared on Facebook...

Carroll County Sheriff Randy Mayfield has been accused of using a homophobic slur to describe District 3 Justice of the Peace Lamont Richie — a charge the sheriff denies. At Monday’s October meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court, Richie said a county official whom he did not identify had been accused by a subordinate of using the slur in reference to Richie. Richie said the same individual alleged that Mayfield also used profanity in describing District 1 JPJack Deaton...