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Lovely County Citizen Carroll County Newspapers managing editor Scott Loftis and associate editor Robert Cox won a total of five awards in the National Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2022 Better Newspaper Contest, including first place for Loftis in Freedom of Information reporting. The awards were presented Saturday, Oct.

With chilly weather, body aches and pains will increase. Neither the young nor the old will completely miss this rite of passage into and through fall and winter.

This week’s Pet of the Week is Squirt, an easygoing black Labrador. Squirt is an older adult dog that is looking for someone to snuggle with after a good play session. Squirt is neutered and available for adoption. The Good Shepherd Humane Society Adoption Center on Highway 62 is open from noon to 5 p.m. every day.

The former Entergy building in Berryville apparently will soon be government property, but it won’t belong to Carroll County. Instead, the city of Berryville intends to purchase the building to house its police department.

Palace Hotel & Bath House and the Eureka Springs Historical Museum are presenting a new exhibit featuring the “Eureka Springs LEGO Palace.” The LEGO Palace is the work of local artist Larry Jones and is based on the iconic Eureka Springs landmark, Palace Hotel & Bath House. Originally constructed in 1901, the Palace has operated as a hotel and spa for more than a century and is the last of the original Eureka Springs bath houses still in operation today.

Carroll County Judge Ronda Griffin said Monday morning that she sees a path forward for the county to purchase the former AP&L building in Berryville, with a couple of caveats, but the plan might have run into a snag later that day.