October 2022

Carroll County News Carroll County News managing editor Scott Loftis and associate editor Robert Cox won a total of five awards in the National Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2022 Better Newspaper Contest, including first place for Loftis in Freedom of Information reporting. The awards were presented Saturday, Oct.

Carroll County News Monday, Oct. 17, is the deadline for Carroll County residents to pay personal property and real estate taxes.

For the first time in many months, the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission is at full capacity. At its Sept.

Carroll County prosecuting attorney Tony Rogers filed a petition in Carroll County Circuit Court last week, seeking the annulment of Beau Zar Satori’s certification as a candidate for mayor of Eureka Springs.

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce will present the Eureka Springs Meet the Candidates Forum at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

Starlene Lee is the latest recipient of the Carla Youngblood Award presented by The Friends of the Berryville Library. The Youngblood award, presented quarterly, recognizes individuals for their acts of kindness to the community.

Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry contacted members of the city’s Historic District Commission by email in mid-September after some commissioners were critical of the city’s decision to settle a lawsuit brought by city council member Bill Ott.

A Green Forest man has been charged with rape after being arrested Oct. 3.

No new deaths related to complications from COVID-19 were reported in the past week, and the number of active cases continues to decline, according to a report issued by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, Oct. 7.

The Berryville City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 5, voted to deny a request to place an additional streetlight on the 400 block of McKennon Street, saying there seemed to be enough light there already.