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This week’s Pet of the Week is Buscemi! Buscemi is a senior dog who spent most of his life with one owner. It takes some effort to earn his trust, but he will be a loyal and loving companion once you have it. Buscemi could use a patient home with someone who doesn’t mind a little extra effort earning love. We really want Buscemi out of our kennel and into a home so that he can spend the rest of his time living a true dog’s life. You can visit Buscemi and our other adoptables at the Adoption Center on Highway 62. All adoption fees are only $25 for Empty the Shelters! Submitted photo

UAMS representative Jennifer McCurry teaches Academy of Excellence students the signs of a stroke during the Earth Day Celebration on Friday, April 22, a partnership between Eureka Springs Hospital and Eureka Springs Community Center. More than 200 local students toured the Mega Brain at the event. Submitted photo

Attention all Pre-K children and your parents: Berryville Library has created a new program just for you. In addition to the Thursday morning Pre-K Storytime hour, make plans to come play at the Berryville Library at 10 a.m.

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.

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

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.

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.

Active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County more than doubled over the past week, with 15 cases reported Monday by the Arkansas Department of Health. Statewide, the active case total also showed an increase, rising to 1,562 — the second consecutive week of rising numbers.