July 2022

When Joe Mills moved his family to Berryville in 1968, little did he realize his first coaching job after graduating from the University of Arkansas would turn into a lifelong career at Berryville High School and that Berryville would become his home in retirement.

Students in the Eureka Springs School District will once again have to pay for meals after a vote by the district board during its meeting on July 11. “Meals have been free the past couple of years,” said district superintendent Bryan Pruitt, “and now we’re going back.

It sounds like the pitch for a new movie — “Coming in June: Two dozen teenagers from rural Arkansas. Two flights. A long weekend in New York City. One chance to perform on a historic, world-famous stage.”

Carroll County News managing editor Scott Loftis and associate editor Robert Cox received 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 foundation announced Thursday, June 30.

Green Forest police chief John Bailey confirmed last week that three juveniles have been arrested in connection with a recent shooting, and court documents indicate two of the three are being charged as adults.

Dam discussions filled up most of the quick Eureka Springs City Council regular meeting June 27. Coming up with ways to help pay for repairs and improvements to the dam at Black Bass Lake consumed much of the 38-minute meeting at The Auditorium, the majority of time being spent debating whether the City Advertising and Promotion Commission can legally contribute funds to the project.

Friends of the Berryville Library members and bank leaders recently gathered at Equity Bank in Berryville as Equity market president Craig Kesner announced the bank’s intention to pledge $25,000 toward the construction of a new Berryville library.

Continuing increases in COVID-19 cases in Carroll County have prompted at least one local hospital to reinstate some of its pandemic protocols. Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Angie Shaw told members of the hospital commission last week that the recent spike has caused the hospital to reinstate some to the protocols it had relaxed, including masks and barriers in certain areas.