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Dick Titus and Zeek Taylor were recently interviewed by the Human Rights Campaign as part of the organization’s Love Your Neighbor project. The interview took place in their home and was filmed by a crew from the HRC national headquarters, based in Washington, D.C. The couple talked about being the first male couple to be married in the south in a ceremony that took place in Eureka Springs, and the love and acceptance they receive from their neighbors...

Thanks to the Eureka Springs Rotary Club, the new school year means a new pair of shoes for hundreds of Carroll County children in need. Rotary hosted its annual shoe giveaway on Sunday, Aug. 13, at the Eureka Springs High School cafeteria, where families from all over the county were welcome...

Main Street Eureka Springs has published the 21 and Fun Guide for visitors over the past three years, but that could end soon. The City Advertising and Promotion Commission voted on Aug. 9 to deny a marketing fund request that would allow the organization to continue collecting information and printing the guide. Jacqueline Wolven, executive director of Main Street Eureka Springs, asked the commission to spend $8,900 on the guide...

The Eureka Springs City Council is staying where it is for now. On Monday night, the council considered a recommendation from the ADA Committee to move all city meetings to The Auditorium until a permanent meeting space is available. Alderwoman Peg Adamson reminded the council of the committee’s recommendation, and Mayor Butch Berry said the council could vote to move the meetings at any time...

About seven miles southwest of Eureka Springs is an enchanting spot which represents a rare combination of Ozark history and beauty. Hogscald Hollow, once an active community center for many area residents, is considered by some to contain the widest possible range of beauty to be found in the Ozarks. It has long been a popular spot for painters, providing subjects and inspiration for many landscape paintings...

Photo by Tavi Ellis This female western diamondback rattlesnake at Snake World between Berryville and Eureka Springs recently gave birth despite never having a mate.

Photo by Cindy Worley Local artist Stephen Feilbach poses in front of Bigfoot, which he made out of Styrofoam. Feilbach created the work of art for ‘Bigfoot on the Strip,’ a new amusement park in Branson, Mo. It will be featured at the entrance to the park...

An 18-year-old Carroll County man accused of killing his autistic older brother with a baseball bat and sword will undergo a court-ordered mental evaluation. Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson ordered the mental evaluation for Joseph Ian Santiago at the request of Santiago’s attorney, public defender Robert “Beau” Allen, during a brief hearing Monday at the Carroll County Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs...

On Saturday, our nation saw another nightmare come true. White nationalists met in Charlottesville, Va., for the “Unite the Right” march, which quickly led to violence between the protesters and counter-protesters. The violence escalated into the afternoon, when a car drove into a group of counter-protesters. One woman was killed, and at least 34 people were wounded at the march...

The Eureka Springs City Council struck down its July 24 decision to include the DVD recording of the meeting in the approval of the minutes on Monday night. When it came time to approve the minutes, alderman Bob Thomas said he wanted to bring the council’s vote back to the table for consideration. The reason, Thomas said, is that he didn’t realize he’d be required to watch the meeting back to approve the DVD along with the minutes...