Stories from Friday, November 23, 2018

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 Tuesday, Nov. 20, a total of 94 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

Dr. Robert Emmons is a professor of psychology at the University of California-Davis, who specializes in the “science of gratitude.” Yes, the science of it, as he and his colleagues have discovered quantifiable, measurable proof that gratitude is good for you...

The Green Forest City Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 13, to approve Ordinance 668, authorizing the issuance and sale of water and sewer system revenue improvement bonds. The council had previously voted in September 2018 to Pass Resolution 2016-03, approving the issuance and sale of water and sewer system revenue improvement bonds to finance the wastewater expansion project...

It's tradition at Eureka Springs High School to provide Thanksgiving baskets for local families in need, but that almost didn't happen this year. "Normally we have a group on campus who sponsors this event, and we realized we hadn't heard anything about it," said teacher Adam Louderback. "We had less than two weeks to pull it together. We couldn't do a proper food drive, so we just started throwing money at it."...

For 30 consecutive years, area scouts have been serving the needs of the Eureka Springs community with the annual Scouting for Food event. Scoutmaster Bruce Bieschke and troop committee leader Carole Bieschke said the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, their families and leaders of Eureka Springs spend roughly 500 hours each year on the food drive...

No one was at home when an alarm was called in about a house fire Tuesday morning on Caddie Street in Berryville. The fire was out but still smoldering as the Berryville Fire Department began rolling up their hoses on a cold November morning.

The Berryville City Council voted Tuesday to accept bids for the Berryville Soccer Complex. Mayor Tim McKinney said the city had to bid the project out in two different parts because the concession stand could not be covered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Outdoor Recreation Grant Program...