Stories from Friday, November 16, 2018

Senior Jonathan Stone scored 35 points on Friday night as Alpena celebrated homecoming with a 70-31 victory over Haas Hall Academy of Fayetteville. Stone scored 23 points in the first half as the Leopards jumped out to a 35-13 lead. Stone scored 12 points in the third quarter, including three three-pointers...

Ryan Sanchez knew that rebuilding the Eureka Springs girls basketball program wasn’t going to happen overnight. The Lady Highlanders, after all, had won just nine games combined over the previous three seasons.

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said the first two minutes of the Highlanders’ Homecoming game against Oark on Friday were pretty sloppy. That didn’t last long.

Green Forest High School graduate Shane Compton will make his debut as the Tigers’ head basketball coach on Tuesday when his team travels to Elkins.

Greenland defeated Green Forest 63-41 Saturday in the third-place game of the Queens of the Court Tournament at the Grim Gym in Green Forest. The Lady Pirates took control with a 13-2 run to close the first quarter and led 29-1

The Berryville Bobcats open their 2018-2019 basketball season on Friday, hosting Eureka Springs, and coach Brent Compton said the Bobcats will look a little different this year.

The Berryville Lady Bobcats won their second consecutive Queens of the Court Tournament championship on Saturday in Green Forest, but the trophy didn’t come easily.

An elected official is caught on a recording using a homophobic slur to describe another elected official. It’s the kind of thing that might lead to a resignation or a firing. In Carroll County, it led to both, but the man whose actions caused the entire episode wasn’t the one who resigned or lost his job...

Each year, Carroll County Newspapers makes sure to have a presence at the Veterans Day ceremonies in our community. We cover school assemblies from Green Forest to Eureka Springs and citywide commemorations like the popular Veterans Day Parade and rifle salute in downtown Eureka Springs. We’ve done that since I started working here in 2014, but I wanted to learn even more about our local veterans this year...

Mary Beth Brooks, director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center in Fayetteville, recently toured Berryville to see local economic development projects.

The Carroll County Country Chicks Extension Homemakers Club (EHC) is offering a local option for Christmas shopping this weekend.

Carroll County schools held special assemblies Friday, Nov. 9, and Monday, Nov. 12, to honor the 100th anniversary of Veterans Day and recognize local veterans for their service.

He didn’t serve in Vietnam, but Patrick Kirby returned from his service in Ethiopoa the same time other veterans were leaving Vietnam. Kirby said everyone in the airport assumed he had just gotten back from Vietnam, too.

The Eureka Springs Highlanders recorded their third consecutive victory on Tuesday night, defeating visiting St. Paul 60-26, but coach Brian Rambo wasn’t completely satisfied with his team’s performance.

The Green Forest Tigers lost their season opener at Elkins 62-37 Tuesday night, but coach Shane Compton said his team played well despite the final outcome. “I thought we played pretty well,” he said. “I don’t think the score really tells the story of the game.”...

Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison says he had never even seen a player score 20 points in one quarter before Tuesday night, much less have one of his players do it. Now he has.

The Green Forest Lady Tigers lost by eight points on the road at Elkins on Tuesday, falling 38-30. But Green Forest coach Kyle Farrar said the score didn’t reflect the way his team played.