Stories from Friday, May 3, 2019

The honors just keeping for Eureka Springs basketball. Highlanders coach Brian Rambo and Lady Highlanders coach Ryan Sanchez both have been named 2A-1 Conference Coach of the Year after leading their teams to conference championships and state tournament appearances.

Eureka Springs junior Shelby Little took third place in the girls shot put at the Class 2A state track and field championships Tuesday at England High School. Little’s shot put of 33 feet, 2.5 inches was 2.5 inches ahead of the fourth-place finisher...

Senior Kayden Eckman scored four goals Monday as the Eureka Springs Highlanders defeated Bergman 7-0 in the Highlanders’ final home game of the season. Senior Griffin Taylor and sophomores Donte Kruse and Jose Rangel added one goal apiece for Eureka Springs (7-6, 6-4 3A West). Eckman, Rangel and freshman Eason Nystrom each had an assist...

The Alpena Lady Leopards don’t have a home track to practice on, but that hasn’t slowed them down one bit. On Tuesday, the Lady Leopards won the Class 1A state track and field championships at Mineral Springs. Alpena finished with 103.5 points in the team standings, easily topping second-place Rural Special’s 66...

The Berryville Bobcats’ 2019 soccer season ended with a 2-1 loss at Clarksville on Wednesday in the first round of the 4A West District Tournament.

Everything seems to be lining up for the Green Forest Tigers to make a serious run at another state soccer championship.

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com The Berryville girls soccer team is headed to the state tournament after one of the most dramatic victories in program history. Senior Vicky Villatoro scored on a penalty kick to give the Lady Bobcats a 5-4 victory over host Clarksville in the first round of the 4A-West district tournament Wednesday night, setting off a celebration among the Berryville players, coaches and fans...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers didn’t win the Class 3A state track and field championship on their home track Tuesday, but they came awfully close. And that is an impressive accomplishment.

Mika Boorem and her father, Ben, are in the business of telling stories, and they recently shared their perspective on the movie industry with Eureka Springs High School film students.

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, May 2, a total of 84 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

One quality God blessed me with was loyalty to the people in my life. Proverbs 21:21 tells us, Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness and honor. As natural as this seems, I’ve found that during my lifetime, loyalty is a trait which has diminished in commonality. ...

Berryville senior Georgia Bell Patterson will be awarded the 4-H Farm Credit of Western Arkansas Scholarship of $1,000. In addition, she claimed her $1,000 record book winning scholarship. Patterson has been an active member of Carroll County 4-H, becoming a member at the age of 5. She has served as a club officer in many different clubs and is presently serving as the president of the Grandview 4-H Club. She is the daughter of Danny and Lisa Patterson...

The Office of Human Concern (OHC) will be ending the Winter Crisis Home Energy Assistance Program on Friday, May 24. Residents must have a disconnect notice or other emergency in order to receive assistance. The main office is located at 506 E. Spruce St. in Rogers and will be conducting interviews for Crisis applicants from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday. The office does not conduct interviews on Fridays...

Josh and Tonya McMahan have been selected as the Carroll County Farm Family of the Year. The couple has five children, and the family runs a farm south of Green Forest. They raise broilers and cattle and have been farming for 21 years. The county winners will be visited by a set of judges to determine the eight district winners, who will be announced June 17. ...

Two murder suspects with local connections to Carroll County have been arrested in Arizona.

Members of the Junior Chamber Board take an active role in the Berryville community.

The Berryville police and fire departments responded to an explosion Thursday morning at the Tenenbaum Recycling Group (TRG) facility in Berryville.