Carroll County Judge David Writer is scheduled to stand trial beginning Jan. 28, 2027, on a misdemeanor harassment charge stemming from an incident earlier this year in which Writer allegedly threatened to kill a Eureka Springs man.

A proposed ordinance giving law enforcement officers greater authority to impound, restrain or kill vicious animals advanced unanimously after its first reading at the Carroll County Quorum Court’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

A proposed ordinance that would create a special fund to receive federal money associated with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office’s participation in a controversial immigration enforcement program is back on the agenda for the September meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court.

Carroll County residents are invited to participate in the annual “Load Up Your Pickup Day,” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds in Berryville.

An attorney representing a Springdale woman has filed a lawsuit against a Eureka Springs drug and alcohol treatment center and one of its former employees, alleging the employee sexually assaulted her while transporting her to the facility for treatment.

Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch will host an open house Saturday, Oct. 3, at the ranch in Lampe, Mo

A proposed 1-cent Carroll County sales tax intended to provide additional funding for rural fire departments, emergency services and county roads will not go before voters in November.

The Carroll County Quorum Court voted 7-4 Tuesday, Aug. 18, to establish a special fund to receive federal money associated with the sheriff’s office’s participation in a controversial immigration enforcement program. However, because the proposal included an emergency clause, it required a two-thirds majority vote and therefore failed to gain passage.

Thomas Kevin Blewett, the 19-year-old Carroll County man who had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of another local teen more than a year ago, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 12, to a reduced charge of negligent homicide.

For the eighth time in 10 years, the Carroll County News has won first place for General Excellence in its division of the Arkansas Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Editorial Contest.

Two weeks after an anticipated plea deal did not materialize in the case of Thomas Kevin Blewett — the Carroll County teenager charged with first-degree murder in the 2025 death of another local teen — Blewett’s attorney appeared to suggest that an agreement could be back in play.

For the second time in less than three weeks, an anticipated plea deal for accused murderer Thomas Kevin Blewett did not happen during a pretrial hearing on Thursday, June 4.

A two-day multi-agency operation targeting registered sex offenders in Carroll County resulted in 14 arrests — including 13 registered sex offenders — the seizure of two firearms and the discovery of evidence that has prompted multiple federal investigations, according to law enforcement officials.

Green Forest will host the annual Rat Race 5K on Saturday, June 6, honoring the memory of Navy SEAL Tommy Ratzlaff and 30 others who died in Afghanistan in 2011.

The Carroll County Quorum Court’s May agenda was mostly pedestrian — until a local cyclist addressed the panel about a dog attack she suffered while riding on Arkansas Highway 221 South.

Less than a week after an expected plea agreement for Thomas Kevin Blewett — the Carroll County teenager charged with first-degree murder in the 2025 death of another local teen — did not materialize during a court hearing, a special judge has been assigned to the case

The hassles of keeping track of lunch money, delinquent accounts and related paperwork will be remedied for at least the next four years in the Green Forest School District. The district learned last week that it has qualified for a community eligibility program, which will allow it to offer free breakfast and lunch for all students beginning next school year, according to superintendent David Gilmore.

The Berryville School District recently received some good news from the state regarding a pair of needed roof replacements.

Thomas Kevin Blewett, the Carroll County teenager charged with first-degree murder in the 2025 death of another local teen, appeared in court Monday, May 18, for what ultimately proved to be a routine pretrial hearing.

The lack of major developments in the case was itself notable to many observers.

Before the hearing convened in the courtroom of the Carroll County Eastern District Courthouse in Berryville, family members of victim Alexzander Drake Bernhardt of Green Forest were among several people protesting what they described as a planned plea agreement that would have allowed Blewett to plead guilty to manslaughter.

A North Carolina man was sentenced on Tuesday, May 12, to 324 months in federal prison after an investigation into the production of child pornography.