Stories from Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Connect 4 advisory board on Tuesday approved the purchase of $48,738 worth of equipment, which will be fully reimbursed from a state grant through the Office of Skills and Development.

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, Nov. 21, a total of 101 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission approved its 2020 budget on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

The Academy of Excellence is giving a helping hand to those in need.

Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization whose mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. ...

The Berryville school board voted Monday to approve the creation of a student council at the middle school, as requested by sixth grade teacher Paige Record.

The Green Forest school board approved the start of a Turning Point USA club at Green Forest High School.

A Eureka Springs man who was arrested after a standoff with special response officers in September remained in the Carroll County Detention Center on Tuesday after a judge denied a request to lower his $500,000 bond.

Berryville Elementary had a Thanksgiving dinner for the students Thursday, a week before the holiday, which included festive getups and several visiting parents.

Six people were arrested on drug charges Monday afternoon in Green Forest.

Mayor Tim McKinney told the Berryville City Council at its meeting Tuesday that it is time for the city to start collecting franchise taxes for the first time in 20 years.

Orphea Clasel Wyatt was born May 16, 1930 on the Buffalo River in a log cabin built by her father for his bride in 1927. The daughter of Doy Richard and Bertha Mae (Friend) Sparks. She passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her daughters Sunday, November 24, 2019 at the age of 89 years old...

Nora Elaine Tilley was born November 17, 1951 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Joseph and Margaret (Brumley) Daniel. She passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the age of 68 years old. She loved to crochet and make other crafts. Drawing was a favorite pastime when she was not farming, which she loved. She also enjoyed camping and fishing...

The Green Forest Lady Tigers are a work in progress and there will be some bumps along the way, coach Kyle Farrar acknowledges.

Eureka Springs couldn’t quite pull off a game-winning rally on Nov. 19 against Huntsville, but the Highlanders showed enough fight to make coach Brian Rambo proud.

After the Berryville Bobcats won their season opener by 30 points, coach Brent Compton said things couldn’t have gone much better for his team. Fast forward a few days, and the opposite was true.

How well have the Berryville Lady Bobcats played in their first four games of the season? The answer is, they’ve played so well that even their own head coach admits he didn’t expect it.

Coming off a conference championship and their best season in several years, the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders stumbled a bit early this season. But the Lady Highlanders righted themselves a bit with a big victory on Nov. 19, defeating Huntsville 36-33 at Highlander Arena.