Berryville News

The Berryville City Council Tuesday evening tabled a proposal submitted by Arvest Bank suggesting the city utilize its Arvest Visa Purchasing Card to streamline financial management.

A Berryville, Ark., woman was being treated at Skaggs Memorial Hospital in Branson after a wreck northwest of Lampe, the Missorui Highway Patrol said.

More than $114,000 in grant monies have been awarded to Carroll County entities by the the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

While a series of burglaries at Dollar General and Dollar Tree stores in four states has led to the Arkansas State Police joining with other law enforcement agencies to investigate the crimes and identify suspects, there is no evidence of burglaries at any of the stores inCarroll County.

Studies show that there is a high rate of illiteracy inCarroll County. Shelly McCall, director of education and the Carroll County Center of North Arkansas Community College, wants to change that.

The following people were booked into the Carroll CountyDetention Center June 26 through June 30: David Roy Allen, 23, of Huntsville was booked in on a probation warrant.

First Baptist Church of Berryville will conduct Vacation Bible School July 6-10. Director Keri Spann states that activities will begin at 6 p.m. each evening.

George's Inc., the chicken processor in Springdale, is facing a wrongful death lawsuit, filed Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court.

Countywide, police and fire officials are preparing for the Fourth of July weekend ahead and the discharge of fireworks.

The Berryville City Council has appointed an acting mayor to serve in place of Mayor Tim McKinney, who is serving a jail sentence on drunk driving and marijuana charges.

Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney is headed to jail. McKinney pleaded guilty Friday morning to driving while intoxicated, it's his second offense.

What's with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission? The state agency seems oddly unconcerned about the environmental impact of hundreds of day-trippers launching canoes and kayaks on land Game and Fish bought, and is responsible for, where Rockhouse Creek flows into the Kings River.

Ginger Shiras of the Harrison Daily Times reports that Tom McKinney, the mayor of Berryville, will spend 39 days in the county jail on a previous suspended sentence from an earlier DWI/marijuana infraction .

1:41 a.m. - Two intoxicated males in the laundry room at a Church Street address were sent to their apartments.

Back on the beat in Berryville and points beyond is Ralph Gordon, a returning investigator who departed for a time to explore Boone County adventures.

Valley View Baptist Church stepped up to the plate and proved that there are still some faithful people in the world who believe in helping each other in a time of need.

A two-vehicle head-on collision Monday afternoon east of Berryville claimed the lives of two local residents, 60 year-old Betty Webb and 45 year-old Raphael Mabry, both of Berryville.

The Eureka Springs Naturals won the Rookie League championship for Carroll County on June 8 in Berryville.

The quorum court heard an update on a county-wide reappraisal. Phillip Scott, with CAMA Technology, said state law requires re-appraisal every three years.

More than a half-century ago, Johnny McCoy walked up the hill to go to school at Old Main, then home to Huntsville State Vocational School.