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Several local students have been elected to city and state offices as part of the 81st annual session of Arkansas Boys State at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where students build a mock government structure, including16 mock cities each with their own city council, vice mayor and mayor.

For Dean Lee, last year’s Ice Cream Social was a bit of a trial by fire. The 2020 event had been canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early voting will begin Tuesday, June 14, for the June 21 Republican preferential primary runoff election. Voters who chose a Republican or nonpartisan judicial ballot in the May 24 primary are eligible to vote in the Republican runoff, as are registered voters who did not vote in the primary.

American Legion Post 9 of Eureka Springs held its annual Memorial Day ceremonies Monday, May 30, honoring the memory of America’s fallen military personnel. Army veteran Vince Eastwood, who served in Operation Desert Storm and is now a board member with Ozark Mountain Veterans, told those in attendance that Memorial Day is not a happy occasion.

A Berryville man faces a lengthy list of charges after allegedly leading officers on a high-speed chase across the Madison County line in a stolen vehicle. Jacob Odell Treat, 23, was booked into the Carroll County Detention Center in Berryville on Tuesday, May 25, on charges of theft of vehicle, fleeing, reckless driving, driving on a suspended driver’s license, failure to appear, hold for Madison County, criminal mischief, aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident, disregarding traffic signals, failure to yield or stop at sign and failure to use a turn signal.

Active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County are still on the rise, with 37 reported by the Arkansas Department of Health on Monday. Statewide, the number of active cases rose to 4,936, a nearly 27-percent increase since May 31.

A Green Forest man is free on bond after being arrested for allegedly raping a young girl in 2012. Marco Antonio Figueroa Arana was arrested by Green Forest police on May 26.

Charles Moss Horton of Berryville and Anna Rae Blach of Green Forest were among 942 students who graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences during ceremonies held May 21 in Little Rock.