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The 2022 Carroll County Fair officially kicks off with the annual rodeo Friday, Aug. 19, with activities continuing through Saturday, Aug.

A man accused of vandalizing the “Doughboy Statue” in Eureka Springs’ Basin Spring Park in September 2021 has been acquitted on criminal charges on the basis of mental disease or defect. Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson issued the judgment Wednesday, Aug.

For the first time in a month, seven days passed without the reported additional death of a Carroll County resident from complications related to COVID-19. A report issued Friday, Aug.

— Eureka Springs School District superintendent Bryan Pruitt With only a week remaining before the first day of school, the Eureka Springs School Board didn’t have much business on the agenda for its regular meeting Aug. 8, but board members still got a few things accomplished.

The Eureka Springs Rotary Club will host the annual Samaritan’s Feet Shoe Giveaway from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Eureka Springs High School Cafeteria, located at 2 Lake Lucerne Road in Eureka Springs.

The 2022 Berryville Library 25,000 Leagues Under the Sea Summer Reading Program goes into the books as the most successful summer reading program to date. Five hundred and four readers signed up for this year’s program with 362 reporting hours. A lifelong Berryville family who wishes to remain anonymous offered a challenge to the community: they would donate $1 for every hour read up to 25,000 hours. The readers of Berryville not only reached this goal but surpassed it, logging 26,630 hours this summer. The $25,000 raised will be used toward building the new library.

The 2022 General Election is scheduled for Nov. 8. Listed below are the candidates who have filed for municipal offices in Carroll County. Berryville Mayor: … Login to continue reading Login…

Carroll County News Longtime Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney will seek another term in office. McKinney, who was first elected in 1990 and took office on Jan.

James DeVito’s many years of public service, including multiple terms on the Eureka Springs City Council and the City Advertising and Promotion Commission, have come to an end — albeit a bit controversial one.

RCox@cherryroad.com Children in Berryville now have a new place to play. The Berryville City Council heard a report from Mayor Tim McKinney regarding the new playground at the Freeman Avenue soccer complex.