Scott Loftis, the editor, publisher and majority owner of the Carroll County News, shows off the first-place plaque for newspapers with circulation of less than 1,200 in the Arkansas Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Editorial Contest. The Carroll County News has won first place for general excellence each of the past five years and seven times in eight years.
For the fifth consecutive year, and the seventh time in the past eight years, the Carroll County News has been awarded first place for general…