Active cases of COVID-19 in Carroll County more than doubled over the past week, with 15 cases reported Monday by the Arkansas Department of Health. Statewide, the active case total also showed an increase, rising to 1,562 — the second consecutive week of rising numbers.
Mackenzie Loudermilk didn’t have much luck finding a prom dress during a shopping trip to Branson with her mom on March 22. “Didn’t find one that day,” the Eureka Springs High School senior said. She certainly didn’t mind. Especially after receiving some big news on the drive home that quickly overshadowed any concerns about a dress.
Twenty-one candidates for county and state offices spoke to a roomful of potential voters at a Meet The Candidates Forum hosted by the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 28, at the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa.
Robert Kennedy, the candidate for Carroll County sheriff who was arrested last week on multiple felony charges, was released from jail Sunday night after posting bond. Kennedy was released from the Carroll County Detention Center in Berryville around 8 p.m. Sunday. Carroll County District Judge Dale Ramsey had set Kennedy’s bond at $100,000 after his initial judicial appearance on Wednesday, April 27. Ramsey also ordered that Kennedy could be released without posting bond if he agreed to a voluntary commitment directly to an inpatient hospital on a locked unit.
Wednesday, May 4, marked the 110-year anniversary for CS Bank. Formerly Bank of Eureka Springs and Cornerstone Bank before shortening its name in 2020 to CS Bank, the financial institution was chartered in 1912 and remains the only local bank headquartered in Eureka Springs with seven locations throughout Northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri.
Probiotics, our friends, the bugs. Not the ones that go scattering when you turn the light on at home but the ones who have real estate inside your gastrointestinal tract. Good ones, like good neighbors, add health and well-being to our lives. Others can cause us bellyaches, ulcers and much more.
Dolly Parton will visit Arkansas on Thursday, May 5, to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program at a closed event hosted by Arkansas Imagination Library (ARIL). Community leaders representing Imagination Library local affiliates across the state will attend the event, along with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, statewide leaders and supporters.
This week’s Pet of the Week is Buscemi!
