Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Dr. Edwin Wood White of Eureka Springs passed away July 3, 2020 at Legacy Village Hospice Home in Bentonville, Ark. He was 70 yrs. old. The cause of his death was complications of congestive heart failure. Dr. White was born in Wellsboro, Pa. on Feb. ...

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 Monday, July 6, a total of 76 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

All Eureka Springs community members are invited to participate in the Wide Open Work Group’s final presentation.

Arkansas State University has released the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Spring Commencement. While the degree conferral date is May 16, the Spring Commencement ceremony was postponed to Saturday, Aug. 8, due to the coronavirus pandemic...

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission is waiting a few more weeks before making additional budget cuts.

The Ducommun Foundation recently donated $40,000 to help upgrade two rooms at Mercy Hospital Berryville to provide what is called a “negative pressure” environment. These negative pressure rooms trap and keep potentially harmful particles within the room by preventing internal air from leaving. Specialized air filters clean the air in the rooms, so that it is sanitized before being exhausted outside...

Like many of you, I am a creature of habit. I enjoy a version of the same lunch every day, follow the same workout video five days a week and constantly find myself binging TV shows I’ve seen a hundred times already. Consistency is comforting. It’s safe...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone in Carroll County, I believe it’s safe to say — if not directly, at least indirectly. I should note at the outset that five Carroll County residents have died from the virus, and those deaths are not something to take lightly. My heart goes out to those five people, and to the families and friends they left behind...

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a rise in reports of telephone scams, according to criminal investigations commander Lt. Blake Ringberg. “It is much like all the others,” Ringberg said by email on Wednesday, July 1. “Someone is calling saying that they are with Social Security, IRS, etc., and that there is a warrant for their arrest and they need to go get a gift card, put money on it and send the numbers to them to get the arrest canceled. At no time will any government agency call and request money over the phone or request a gift card for payment.”. ...

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon. Tuesday, July 7 Vegetable frittata, sausage, biscuit, peaches Wednesday, July 8 Tuna salad sandwich, broccoli salad, chips, fresh fruit...

This week’s pet of the week is our sweet old matron, Maybelle. Maybelle came to Good Shepherd in May and she looked rough. Her body showed that she had likely been used for breeding and she had injuries on her neck from being chained up. Even after being treated so badly, she has turned out to be a real sweet lovebug.  Maybelle deserves to get out of the kennel and into your life so she can have her much deserved happily ever after. You can visit Maybelle any day from noon to 5 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Humane Society Adoption Center at 6486 Highway 62. Reservations are encouraged. For more information, call 479-253-9188.

Good Shepherd Human Society Adoption Center is asking the Carroll County community for a favor.

A Berryville man who was injured in a two-vehicle accident last month died 11 days later. Danny Wayne Johnson, 56, died June 23 in Springfield, Mo. His son, Dillon Johnson, 28, of Berryville died six days earlier, on June 17. Dillon Johnson was driving and his father was a passenger when the accident occurred on June 12 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Arkansas Highway 143 west of Berryville, according to an Arkansas State Police report...

he number of active COVID-19 cases in Arkansas declined Monday, state officials said, but virus-related hospitalizations reached another new high.

The Carroll County Resource Council, Green Forest Public Schools and the Jeremiah Recovery House are working together on a plan to provide locally sourced food to Carroll County schools while also benefiting people in need.

The Green Forest School Board held a special meeting Monday, June 29, to approve handbook changes and new high school and middle school schedules for next school year.

Taxpayers hoping to see the end of the controversial $18 fee being collected in six north Arkansas counties got some good news last week, although there are still some issues to be addressed.