Stories from Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Students in the Berryville High School plant science class spent some time Friday getting ready for their upcoming plant sale.

Carroll County 4-H clubs had 13 members attend 4-H Day on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. The Carroll County members were among 800 4-H members from across the state that gathered at the Capitol to turn the state house green. The members heard talks from Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Land Commissioner Larry Williams to begin the day in the Capitol Rotunda where the governor signed a 4-H proclamation...

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) are urging Arkansans to take advantage of safe and proven vaccines to prevent a possible outbreak of measles in the Natural State. According to a press release from ADH, the diagnosis of even a single case of measles is a threat to public health because measles is highly contagious. ...

The Green Forest School Board renewed several administrators’ contracts at its meeting on Monday, Feb. 18.

This weekend, my husband received a message no one ever wants to read. A fatal car accident took the lives of two local students. Four others were injured in the accident. The news hung over us, and our entire community, for the rest of the weekend. It’s still there this week and probably will be for a long time...

The state of Arkansas has 269 school districts. Some of those districts are large and some are small. Some are financially stable and some are not. Some have students who fare well on standardized testing and some do not. Those last two sentences often go hand in hand. ...

The Carroll County Music Group (CCMG) will holds its eighth annual production of “We’ve Got Talent” on Sunday, March 3, in the Eureka Springs Auditorium.

The list of certified candidates for the 2019 Annual School Board Election has been released. For the Eureka Springs School Board, Bob Grudek, Stephanie Lynn Rains and Candace Spaulding will be running against each other for the Position 6 three-year term. Incumbent Joe Hill is running unopposed for the Position 5 three-year term...

Carol Engskov (left) and Mayor Tim McKinney (right) present Carla Youngblood with the first ‘Friends of the Berryville Library Carla Youngblood Community Spirit Award’ at her retirement party Thursday at the 1908 Gathering Place. The Friends of the Berryville Library will continue giving the award out to citizens who show community pride and spirit through simple acts of kindness...

A former traffic control officer with the Eureka Springs Police Department was found guilty last week of shoplifting and began serving a 10-day sentence in the county jail.

Mayor Tim McKinney presents former alderman Joel Gibson with an award recognizing his many years of service to the city of Berryville on the Berryville City Council.

Eureka Springs Hospital is looking for a new CEO. Eureka Springs Hospital Commission chairman John House confirmed last week that CEO Vicki Andert announced her resignation on Monday, Feb. 18, at the commission’s regular meeting. Andert was promoted to CEO in June 2018 after working at the hospital as director of nursing for 10 years...

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident involving an individual allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer.

From left to right, Berryville High School wrestlers Cesar Martinez, Caleb Record, Christian Lemus, Dominic Henry and Colton Record each won state championships in their respective weight classes at last weekend’s state wrestling tournament in Little Rock, helping the Bobcats to a second-place finish in the team standings. Berryville coach Derrek Aynes was named Coach of the Year and Colton Record was named the Outstanding Wrestler in Class 1A-4A. See complete coverage in Sports on Page 8...

The Carroll County community is mourning after two Eureka Springs students were killed in a car accident over the weekend.

Charles (Charlie) Wayne Davis was born January 5, 1934 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Fred O. and Helen (Furbee) Davis. After graduating from Dale High School in 1951, Charlie joined the fight in Korea as a United States Marine. In March 1967, he married Joanie Fugate who would become the love of his lifetime. ...

Sophomore guard Alex Hill scored 21 points, including eight in the fourth quarter as the Alpena Lady Leopards rallied to beat Jasper 54-49 in the championship game of the 1A-1 Regional Tournament at County Line High School in Branch. Jasper led 47-44 after a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter, but Hill led Alpena back. She tied the game with a basket at the 1:53 mark, then hit a clutch three-pointer with 13 seconds left for a 52-49 Alpena lead...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final 3:06 of the game Saturday night to beat Yellville-Summit for the 2A West Regional Tournament championship at Danville.

MORRILTON — The Berryville Lady Bobcats didn’t win the 4A North Regional Tournament over the weekend, but they did accomplish their primary goal.

LITTLE ROCK — The Berryville High School wrestling program is still relatively young, but the Bobcats are quickly becoming a forced to be reckoned with in the state of Arkansas. On Saturday, the Bobcats won five individual state championships at the Arkansas state wrestling tournament at the Jack Stephens Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.