News

CS Bank announced May 9 that Bob Rawson, CS Bank’s Madison County Market president, will be retiring from banking on Friday, May 19.

The Holiday Island Rotary Club will hold its annual Memorial Day Picnic from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, May 29, at the Holiday Island Clubhouse. A pulled pork barbecued sandwich with baked beans and slaw and drink will be available. The event will be outside on the Clubhouse patio and deck.

William Chaney III and his wife, Phylicia, of Chaney Farms in Green Forest have been named the Carroll County Farm Family of the Year. The Chaneys were selected for the county honor as part of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 76th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program.

The Walton Family Foundation has awarded a $34 million grant to fund the design and construction of a new facility for Opera in the Ozarks, the foundation announced in a news release, saying the new theater will help the Eureka Springs-based opera program “to attract the best of a new generation of aspiring singers and musicians.”

The city of Berryville has hired a part-time code enforcement officer, Mayor Tim McKinney told the Berryville City Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 2. At the council’s April 18 meeting, McKinney had told council members that the city would into hiring a part-time employee to address issues with parked cars blocking access to streets.