🌱 How Eureka Springs once handled its most shocking crime without courts.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Eureka Springs once handled its most shocking crime without courts.

Also on today's calendar: Bikes, Blues, & BBQ and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Cloudy and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 70.
• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• True Crime Chronicles A Eureka Springs man confessed to violating his daughters and vigilante justice delivered his sentence (todayinfortsmith.com) — A harrowing 1887 case in Eureka Springs describes how a local man, jailed after confessing to abusing his daughters, was seized and lynched by neighbors who distrusted distant formal courts. The piece reconstructs the town's small size, limited justice system, and missing records, showing how this vigilante killing vanished from Arkansas papers and local burial listings.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eureka Springs

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 29
• Karaoke at the Gravel Bar at Wanderoo Lodge →
  The Gravel Bar at Wanderoo, 216 West Van Buren, Eureka Springs
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Bikes, Blues, & BBQ →
  Eureka Springs AR
• Bikes, Blues, and BBQ: Eureka Springs, AR →
  Pine Mountain Village, 2075 E Van Buren Ave, Eureka Springs
• Preschool Song & Story Time →
  Eureka Springs AR
  10:30 am
• Science + Philosophy "Exploring the Universe" →
  Eureka Springs AR
  2:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• Sons of Turner - Live Music at Destination Eureka Springs →
  Eureka Springs AR
  11:00 am
• Left of Center - Live Music at Destination Eureka Springs →
  Eureka Springs AR
  2:00 pm
• Bikes Blues and BBQ 2026 The Farm Campground →
  Eureka Springs AR
  3:00 pm
• Randall George: TeleTime Live - Live music at Destination Eureka Springs →
  Eureka Springs AR
  5:30 pm
Friday October 2
• Rebecca Hawkins Project - Live Music at Destination Eureka Springs →
  Eureka Springs AR
  11:00 am
• Grit Fest →
  lake leatherwood city park, 1303 CR 204, Eureka Springs
  2:00 pm
• Timekeepers - Live Music at Destination Eureka Springs →
  Eureka Springs AR
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have been in HI for two months and we really love it.
  There is so much to do here, as well as ES. The views are breathtaking and the people are so friendly. We have met so many wonderful people. One of… (Nextdoor Holiday Island)
• Has anyone else seen those two totaled cars that are sitting in the firehouse parking lot on Holiday Island Drive and Pleasant Ridge Road?
  Any particular reason why they are sitting there? Is it an attempt to slow people down around here? Wow! (Nextdoor Holiday Island)

• Sonic posted a job opening for Carhop or Skating Carhop in Huntsville. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Rogers. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eureka Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pea Ridge

• Benton County restaurant inspections: Dried syrup residue hanging down from frozen coffee spouts; excessive waste and unused equipment near back door (nwaonline.com)
• Connections: Harps Food Stores, Freeman Health announce promotions (talkbusiness.net)

Huntsville

• Volleyball Recap: Elkins' Four-Game Winning Streak Comes to an End (maxpreps.com)
• $54.6 million awarded in rural health grants (pbcommercial.com)

Rogers

• 'An amazing rush': Northwest Arkansas Championship spikes sales for Rogers businesses (4029tv.com)
• Square 2 Square bike ride takes over Razorback Greenway Oct. 3 (nwahomepage.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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