Stories from Friday, December 7, 2018

Jonathan Stone scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half as the Alpena Leopards opened 1A-1 Conference play with a 95-21 victory over Mount Judea on Tuesday. Brock Bolding scored 12 points for the Leopards. Trevor Woodworth made all three of his three-pointers n the third quarter and scored 11 points for Alpena (8-7), while Kaden Coburn added 10 points...

The Berryville Bobcats’ game plan going into Tuesday night’s game at Blue Eye, Mo., was to try to contain the Bulldogs’ Andrew Mitchell and force his teammates to score.

Lincoln pulled away from a halftime tie and defeated Green Forest 56-42 on Monday in the first round of the Green Forest Holiday Hoops tournament. Green Forest led 16-11 after one quarter and the score was tied at 25-25 at halftime before Lincoln outscored Green Forest 31-17 in the second half...

The Berryville wrestling team opened its season earlier this week, hosting a quad-style dual meet against Rogers, Rogers Heritage and Gentry.

The Eureka Springs Highlanders weren’t quite sure what to expect in Tuesday’s conference opener against Yellville-Summit, and it took them a while to adjust. Eventually, though, the Highlanders settled in and went on to a 64-41 victory on their home court.

Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison wasn’t thrilled with the prospect of facing a talented Blue Eye, Mo., team on its home floor for the second time in four nights. As it turned out, however, Cornelison’s Lady Bobcats were up to the challenge.

The Eureka Springs Marching Band is finishing 2018 with big news, and even bigger plans for the rest of the school year.

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, Dec. 6, a total of 105 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

A friend gave me a little book a few weeks with a startling title: “Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives,” written by neuroscientist David Eagleman. My first thought was that it was about people who had come back from the dead, as there is a whole genre of such books today...

Thanks to Island Airco, Good Shepherd Humane Society is completing a major infrastructure project this week.

Carroll County employees may soon be able to help co-workers who face catastrophic illnesses.

A news release issued by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office revealed new details in a Dec. 1 shooting incident near County Road 613 on that left one man wounded and another named as a “person of interest.”

The Eureka Springs City Council met with Mayor Butch Berry and finance director Lonnie Clark on Monday afternoon to discuss the city’s proposed 2019 budget. Clark said the proposed budget looks good on his end.

The Carroll County Community Orchestra will be entertaining area residents with merry melodies this weekend.

Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt will perform at the historic Eureka Springs Auditorium at 36 S. Main St. on at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.  Lovett and Hiatt have been touring together periodically since 1989. Lovett has four Grammy Awards to his credit, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1989 and Best Country Album for "The Road to Ensenada" in 1996. ...

The 14th Annual Books in Bloom Literary Festival, produced by the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation, is set for Sunday, May 19, at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa. The Books in Bloom Committee is pleased to announce that in addition to featuring traditionally published authors, they will also welcome independently published authors to participate to the daylong event. To be considered for participation, authors should visit BooksinBloom.org and follow the link to “Become a Festival Author” found on the site.. ...