Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2020

James (Jim) Cline II of Berryville, Arkansas was born February 13, 1943 in Charlotte, North Carolina to John S. and Katherine A. Cline. Jim passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 in Harrison, Arkansas at the age of 77. Jim lived in Alaska for 24 years. He worked as a bush pilot flying all over the remote Alaskan wilderness. He went to work for the Federal Aviation Administration as a Flight Service Specialist in 1987 and retired in 2007...

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, Aug. 31, a total of 106 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

The Eureka Springs Hospital Commission voted to terminate former Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Vicki Andert from the chief nursing officer position and rehire her as the hospital’s part-time compliance officer at a special called meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27.

Advance Placement tests were different than usual last school year because of the school closures, but Berryville High School’s AP students didn’t let that stop them from earning the highest percentage of passing scores on their AP exams Berryville has ever had...

Feral hogs are quickly making their way to Northwest Arkansas and they have already become a problem in some areas of Carroll County.  At this time the Natural Resources Conservation Service is not offering any programs to assist in Carroll County, but the Carroll County Conservation District has an opportunity to purchase hog traps in bulk that will allow for a discount to those who purchase. They will need at least 10 people willing to purchase the traps. ...

More than 60,000 Arkansas residents have now tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and nearly 800 have died from it.

A high-speed motorcycle chase that started in Green Forest and ended west of Berryville on Wednesday, Aug. 26, ended with the arrest of a Holiday Island man on multiple charges.

Alpena First Baptist Church invites everyone to come meet its new pastor, Brother Justin Knight, his wife, Charla, and daughter Autumn. Sunday morning services begin at 11 a.m. and Sunday School starts at 10 am. Sunday Evening services are from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Discipleship Training starts at 5 p.m. Wednesday night programs are from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. beginning Sept. 16, with dinner served at 5:30 p.m. 

The Arkansas Municipal League at its 86th Annual Virtual Convention, held Aug. 19-21, presented a new slate of officers for the 2020-2021 year. Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney was elected first vice president. McKinney has previously served the League as District 3 vice president in 1996-1997; on the Cities of the First Class Advisory Council from 1992-1995, 1999-2001 and 2012-2013; and on the Executive Committee from 1995-1996, 1997-1999, 2001-2009, and 2015-2020...

The dust hasn’t quite settled yet, and there are still some questions left to be answered, but it looks as if Carroll County property owners are off the hook for an $18 annual fee connected to a defunct landfill in Baxter County. The case is extremely complicated in one sense, I can say after having read most of the case file. ...

Last Friday, I talked to my grandparents for about an hour. I hadn’t spoken to them much since Christmas, so it was good to catch up. They asked about the house Gideon and I recently purchased and I told them all the details. It has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, a screened-in porch and a view of the lake depending on the season. ...

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon. Tuesday, Sept. 1 Tomato soup, pimento cheese, sandwich, fruit, pudding Wednesday, Sept. 2 Chicken tenders, macaroni & cheese, green beans, roll...

The Holiday Island Barn features the first barn quilt in Carroll County, and the volunteers behind the project hope it’s not the last.

Eureka Springs police officers direct traffic after a two-vehicle accident at Wicker Walker Printing and Design on Thursday, Aug. 27. According to dispatcher Ryan Thomas, the driver that hit Wicker Walker told an officer she was trying to kill a spider while driving, so she swerved and hit a vehicle and then collided with the business.

The Berryville Community Center will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, the city parks department announced Monday. The center will modify its hours and will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The center will be closed from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. each day for sanitizing purposes...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused big changes to all events scheduled in 2020 for The Greater Berryville Area Chamber of Commerce, including the annual Chamber Awards Banquet. But now the chamber has announced a solution. The local chamber is planning its first-ever “Virtual Awards Banquet” to honor the best of the best on Thursday, Oct. 15...

Members of the Connect 4 board and North Arkansas College met Friday, Aug. 28, at the college’s Carroll County Center in Berryville to sign a memorandum of understanding to give students in the C4 program concurrent credit if they choose to attend NorthArk.

Monday, Sept. 7 Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 8 Breakfast K-2: Apple frudel, fruit, juice, milk 3-5: Apple bosco, fruit, juice, milk 6-8: Tornado, fruit, juice, milk 9-12: Donuts, yogurt with granola, fruit, juice, milk Lunch K-2: Chicken alfredo, garlic bread, kidney beans & corn salad, broccoli, fruit, milk...

Monday, Sept. 7 Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 8 K-5 Breakfast: Poptarts 6-12 Breakfast: Honeybun Lunch: Nachos with beef, pinto beans, salad, pineapple Wednesday, Sept. 9 K-5 Breakfast: Breakfast pizza 6-12 Breakfast: Pancake, sausage on a stick...

Monday, Sept. 7 Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 8 Elementary School Breakfast: Sausage & biscuit sandwich, diced peaches, 1 percent milk, fat free chocolate milk, fat free strawberry milk Curbside breakfast: Sausage & biscuit sandwich, Apple & Eve juice, apple slices, 1 percent milk, fat free chocolate milk, fat free strawberry milk...

A Green Forest man is being held in the Carroll County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond after being arrested on charges of sexual indecency with a child, sex trafficking and internet stalking of a child.