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The Abendschone chapter of the Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution commemorated the signing of the U.S. Constitution with Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry, who read and signed a proclamation in recognition of Constitution Week, which is Sept. 17–23. Joining Berry for the signing were DAR Recording Secretary Margaret Scobee, Vice Regent Sharon Lawlor and Regent Terri Herman. On Sept. 17, the Abendschone Daughters plan to ring the bell in Basin Spring Park at the exact time the U.S. Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787.

At the request of an attorney representing the defendants in a civil lawsuit connected to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission, a digital forensics firm collected computers and other electronic devices from the CAPC office for examination in November 2021.

An off-duty Eureka Springs city employee was killed in a one-vehicle accident last week at Lake Leatherwood City Park. Mark Current, a shuttle driver and park attendant for the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Department, was killed in the accident on Wednesday, Aug.

No new deaths related to COVID-19 pandemic were reported in Carroll County since Aug. 26, but the number of active cases saw a nearly 13 percent increase according to reports issued by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, Sept. 2.

Carroll County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training will be held in Berryville and Holiday Island beginning in late September. Training will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Tuesday from Sept. 27 through Oct. 25 at the Berryville Fire Department.

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Editor’s Note: Emails quoted in this report have not been edited for grammar, punctuation or spelling. By Scott Loftis SLoftis@cherryroad.com The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission last held a regular meeting with a quorum June 22, a little more than a week before the terms of commissioners Carol Wright and James DeVito expired June 30.

The first-degree murder trial of Jason Helm — one of three Carroll County men accused in the 2018 slaying of Christopher Alvard at his home near Eureka Springs — was abruptly delayed last week in Carroll County Circuit Court.

Seven Carroll County residents have died of complications related to COVID-19 in during August, bringing the local death toll attributed to the novel coronavirus to 115, according to a Aug. 26 report issued by the Arkansas Department of Health.

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