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The death toll for Carroll County residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic remained at 116 as of Friday, Sept. 23, and the number of active cases continued to fall, dropping to 52.

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A benefit fundraiser for The Purple Flower resource and support center will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A state probation and parole officer was issued a citation for second-degree assault after an incident at a Berryville High School football game on Sept. 16, Berryville police chief Robert Bartos confirmed.

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. Lunch is served at noon each weekday. The suggested donation for ages 60 and up is $4. There is a $6 charge for those under 60 and all carryout meals. Breakfast is served Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Menus are subject to change.

Lacey Ekberg, former executive director of the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission, was served Monday morning in South Carolina as a defendant in a lawsuit against several current and former city officials in connection with the CAPC. Ekberg, who has been using a different surname while working as the parks, recreation and community coordinator for Folly Beach, S.C., was added as a defendant in the lawsuit on June 2, by Eureka Springs attorney Tim Parker.

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Berryville’s Pioneer and Heritage Days celebration returned last year after a two-decade hiatus, and organizers said it proved to be quite popular as Carroll County residents got the opportunity to step back in time and experience daily life as it existed for the first pioneers in the county — some of whom might even be family members.

Berryville middle and high school band students will get a chance to learn from and perform with professional musicians next month when the Dallas Brass quintet visits the city in October. Berryville Bands director Doug Blevins said the group, founded in 1983, is one of America’s foremost musical ensembles, featuring a unique blend of traditional brass instruments with a full complement of drums and percussion.