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The Berryville Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person dead.

The Berryville Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person dead.

Courts have recently punished six people from Bolton for breaches of Covid restrictions – a year on from when the offences took place.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 The Berryville City Council made a move toward normalcy Tuesday, April 20, returning to holding its regular meetings at City Hall instead of the Berryville Community Center. Mayor Tim McKinney said it was good to be back. “It felt good,” McKinney said. “The place feels like home.” It was the first meeting held at City Hall — the former home of famed sharpshooter and Wild West showman Col. C. Burton “Buck” Saunders, who donated it to the city and willed land and pr...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 File photo The Berryville City Council on Tuesday gave final approval to an ordinance modifying and updating the city’s existing ordinance regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. The measure, which was first proposed late last year, came up after the city received word from the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control board that its current regulations were missing a key phrase relating to the sale of “spiritous beverages.” In addition to up...

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Berryville police officer Greg Noftsger greets second-grader Colton Jones on the first day of school at Berryville Elementary in 2019. Noftsger, who served as a school resource officer for the past three years, officially retired on Jan. 29. File photo After 20 years in uniform, Berryville police officer Greg Noftsger officially retired on Jan. 29. Last week, he sounded as if was he already missing his job. Spending the past three years as the school resource officer ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Carroll County Sheriff Jim Ross (left) and chief deputy Maj. Jerry Williams say the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t had much effect on their department, or on the number of calls for service in the county. Police departments in Berryville, Green Forest and Eureka Springs share similar stories, as do their year-end statistical reports. Robert Cox / Carroll County News Serving as a law enforcement officer comes with certain inherent risks. Most days, those risks are generally...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Twenty-two law enforcement officers from various agencies participated in The Merlin Foundation’s annual Shop With A Cop event on Saturday, Dec. 12, in Berryville. Submitted photo Saturday, Dec.12, was a day full of Christmas cheer for many of Carroll County’s youngest residents. Forty children from Eureka Springs, Berryville and Green Forest arrived at the Berryville Walmart to be greeted by a group of local police officers. Each child was paired with an officer ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Adrian Perez is thrilled to get a push downhill from Ricci Crow on Sunday afternoon during the first significant snow in Carroll County in several years. Several children and their parents spent the afternoon sledding on the steep hill behind the Berryville City Pool. David Bell / Carroll County News By Samantha Jones Carroll County received up to 6 inches of snowfall on Sunday, Dec. 13, causing cars to go off the road from Green Forest to Eureka Springs West. Accordi...

A Beaver Lake man was arrested Saturday, Dec. 5, after running from Berryville police officers, Berryville police chief Robert Bartos said. Samuel Clarence Alburtis, 31, was arrested at the Berryville Memorial Cemetery on charges of fleeing and resisting arrest and warrants for shoplifting and failure to appear on public intoxication and carrying a weapon. Bartos said a Berryville police officer responded to Casey’s General Store at 505 W. Trimble Ave. on Saturday after receiving a report tha...