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If Berryville Middle School teacher Dave Randall asks his students to write an essay next semester about what they did over the summer, it’s likely none of them will top Randall’s own story. Randall and another Carroll County man — Camden Boardman of Eureka Springs — helped save the life of a tanker truck driver after an accident July 1 on Highway 23 South near the Madison County line.

By Scott Loftis SLoftis@cherryroad.com Neal Scott Hagler, the Berryville man who was sentenced to six years in prison in November 2021 in connection with a 2018 accident that resulted in his girlfriend’s death, will have to remain behind bars for at least another year after the Arkansas Parole Board voted 5-0 last month to deny his request for parole. A July 1 memorandum from parole board chairman John Felts to the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Grimes Unit near Newport — where Hagler is being held — says the board voted 5-0 to deny Hagler’s request for one year.

By Scott Loftis SLoftis@cherryroad.com A Holiday Island man accused of stabbing his father to death in November 2021 will undergo a court-ordered mental examination to determine whether he was insane at the time of the slaying. Gabriel Brotherton was arrested Nov.

Josh Durrill of Fleetwood Pyrotechnics in Salem, Mo., works on setting up fireworks atop Saunders Heights for Berryville’s annual Fire on the Mountain display on July 4. Photo courtesy of Dean Lee .

Shreveport, La.-based Southwestern Electric Power Co., which provides electric power to approximately 1,700 customers in and around Eureka Springs, announced Wednesday, June 29, that the Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved a base rate increase for SWEPCO customers in Arkansas, as well as an interim fuel adjustment for the 2021 winter storm fuel recovery cost.

A recording device used to document meetings continues to cause issues for the Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission.?At a June 27 workshop, the recording device “failed to capture” the meeting, according to Kim Stryker, assistant to Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry.

For the first time in months, the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, July 8, reported more than 100 active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County. Friday’s report listed 112 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the county — up from the 85 reported July 1 — and an increase of 67 new cases in seven days.

Eureka Springs Hospital will host its next COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 29, at the Eureka Springs Hospital Clinic across the street from the hospital. Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will be available.

A group of citizens will get the opportunity to provide input on a master plan for city parks in Eureka Springs. At its June 21 regular meeting, the Eureka Springs Parks Commission spent a majority of time talking about a planning committee that will be formed to discuss ideas for city parks.

Cindy Inman, senior vice president and CS Home Mortgage Division manager for CS Bank, has announced the hiring of Sheila Calvillo as home mortgage lender for the local bank’s Berryville office. Calvillo is a native of Berryville, where she lives with her husband and their two daughters.