Stories from Friday, November 15, 2013

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Jason L. Sprenger, 44, of Eureka Springs, charged with five counts of rape and 10 counts of child pornography, had his bond lowered at a pretrial hearing on Tuesday. Sprenger, a former fire chief at Inspiration Point Volunteer Fire Department and computer repair techichian, was arrested on June 26 by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and charged with five counts of rape, a Class Y felony, and 10 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing of child pornography, a Class C felony.. ...

BERRYVILLE -- Berryville District Judge Charles Scott Jackson will be running against Gerald Kent Crow for the Carroll County Circuit Judge seat in the May 2014 election. Jackson was elected as the Berryville District Judge in 2009; he served as the Berryville City Attorney from 1994 to 2009. He has also served as the city court judge in both Green Forest and Alpena...

BERRYVILLE -- A veteran incarcerated in Carroll County who officials said needed psychiatric treatment is now in the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Fayetteville receiving the treatment he needed. Jimmy Edward Harris, 38, Long, Okla., was arrested on Oct. ...

GREEN FOREST -- Some avengers will be assembling on Saturday morning. The Cancer Crush 5K is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Green Forest City Park. The theme is super heroes and the proceeds will go to the Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society's research for the fight against cancer...

GREEN FOREST -- The City Council was given updates on the Sixth Street ditch and ongoing annexation projects at its meeting last Monday. "We hit a little bit of rock, but other than that everything is swimming along smoothly," Buddy Fry, director of public works, said about the ditch project...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Holiday Island Community Church is inviting the public to come ring in the Christmas season with the College of the Ozarks Handbell Choir. The choir will present a Christmas concert at the church, at 188 Stateline Drive, on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m...

Clarence Jordan was a Southern gentleman born deep in the farming fields of Talbot County, Georgia. Now, if you have never heard of Talbot County, don't sweat it. Not many people have; not in recent years, anyway. But if you haven't heard of Clarence Jordan, that is your tremendous loss...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, and charged with the following crimes, for which they have not yet been tried: Oct. 30 Wyatt Michael Adams, 18, Berryville, was booked for speeding and driving with a suspended license...

HUNTSVILLE -- Rickie Lee Asbridge, 55, of Green Forest, is facing 20 counts of distributing, possessing and viewing sexual content involving a minor. Madison County law enforcement arrested Asbridge on Monday after an investigation found he had downloaded more than 20 pornographic images and videos involving children, said Sgt. Russell Alberts of the Madison County Sheriff's Office...