September 2022

County sees another death; active cases fall

September 20, 2022

Another Carroll County resident has died from complications associated with COVID-19, bringing the pandemic death toll for the county to 116. The new death – the first in 21 days — was listed in a report issued by the Arkansas Department of Health on Sept.

Local cross country teams compete at Elkins, Siloam

September 20, 2022

Carroll County’s high school cross country teams have been busy over the past two weekends, competing in meets at Elkins and Siloam Springs. Green Forest sophomore Arauny Reyes took sixth place in the boys 1A-3A division at the Elkins Invitational on Sept.

Kansas man dies after crash

September 20, 2022

A Kansas man died Saturday, Sept. 10, after he lost control of his motorcycle on U.S.

Computer resets draw attention of Eureka Springs council

September 20, 2022

Members of the Eureka Springs City Council were surprised to learn that some electronic devices examined as part of a lawsuit against the city’s advertising and promotion commission were “wiped clean” before being inspected by an out-of-state forensics company.

Safety Baby Shower set Sept. 27

September 20, 2022

New and expectant mothers will have an opportunity to get some valuable education — along with some useful items for their new baby — at an upcoming event at the Berryville Community Center. The Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition is putting together a Safety Baby Shower to be held from 11 a.m.

Life lessons from Friday night lights

September 20, 2022

Every year, near the end of summer, the smell of popcorn, face paint and freshly mowed grass fills the air in cities and towns around the state. Friday night lights and the chill of the early fall air is a familiar feeling to Arkansans of all ages.

People aren’t pawns

September 20, 2022

Carroll County isn’t a liberal enclave, except of course for Eureka Springs. We’re not the kind of place where Ron DeSantis might send a couple of planes full of Venezuelan immigrants in a clumsy, cold-hearted effort to prove a point.

Bible reading marathon

September 20, 2022

And that’s the way it is

September 20, 2022

For the past several years, there’s been a lot of talk about truth in the media. Some elected officials have taken to crying out “fake news” whenever someone points out something that they don’t agree with or that reflects negatively on them.

Lucy Fern Johnson Kell

September 20, 2022

i Lucy Fern Johnson Kell, of Eureka Springs, was born February 28, 1929, in the Keel’s Creek/ Greenwood Hollow area near Eureka Springs to Glen Theodore and Lena Fern (Worley) Johnson. Lucy passed peacefully in her sleep, September 7, 2022, in her little Fern Cottage home she loved, at the age of 93.