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Library presents free concert on May 16 in Pioneer Park

May 10, 2022

The Berryville Library is partnering with the University of Arkansas Student Chamber Music Tour and the Berryville Community Center to present a free concert in Pioneer Park at 1 p.m. Monday, May 16.

May 10, 2022

The Artists 360 program , a program of The Mid-America Arts Alliance, provides grants for local artists. Its aim is to identify and elevate the region’s leading artists.

May 10, 2022

Grady Gordon of Green Forest is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, the national organization said in a news release. Junior members of the American Angus Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in Association-sponsored shows and other national and regional events.

May 10, 2022

Pesticide Applicator Training will be held Thursday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 17, at the Carroll Electric Community Room in Berryville. The May 12 session will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Sources confirm Ballinger’s debt to Ag Days

May 10, 2022

Former state senator Bryan King of Green Forest continued his criticism of state Sen. Bob Ballinger’s financial dealings recently, pointing out that Ballinger has not paid for three years’ worth of advertising in the program for Green Forest’s annual Agriculture Appreciation Days.

PEO Scholarship

May 10, 2022

Berryville High School senior Alyssa Lee has been selected as the Chapter A, Eureka Springs, recipient of a $2,500 PEO Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Pictured from left to right are Nancy Werbitzky, Ann Ferrill, Terry Eilskov, Alyssa Lee, scholarship committee chair Margie Bullock and Chapter A president Sallie Pittman. Submitted photo

Kennedy released on bond

May 3, 2022

Robert Kennedy, the candidate for Carroll County sheriff who was arrested last week on multiple felony charges, was released from jail Sunday night after posting bond. Kennedy was released from the Carroll County Detention Center in Berryville around 8 p.m.

Back to Class

May 3, 2022

Berryville Elementary School principal Kelly Swofford and several students check out new playground equipment at the school in 2015. After several years at Berryville, Swofford, 57, will move on to Eureka Springs in the fall, where he will return to the classroom as a fifth grade math and science teacher. David Bell / Carroll County News

Swofford makes move to ES, leaves administration behind

May 3, 2022

Kelly Swofford is almost a fixture in Carroll County education. During a career that has spanned parts of five decades, he’s been everything from a teacher to an administrator, working with and mentoring several generations of the county’s youngest residents, primarily in Green Forest and Berryville.

ES mayor says his testimony was no lie

May 3, 2022

Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry did not lie under oath in a deposition, he told the city council at its regular meeting on Monday, April 25. “Recently I was, been accused of lying,” Berry said at the end of a tense two-hour meeting at the Auditorium.