A Hunt County jury has convicted 57 year old Donny Joe Curry for filing false claims against Hunt County officials and retaliation against public servants. He was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison on the four charges, but they will be served concurrently, …
Read More »East Texas Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting
An East Texas police officer has been cleared in a fatal shooting that occurred in August in the parking lot of a Walgreen’s in Longview. Longview officer Emit Kennedy has been no-billed by the Gregg County Grand Jury in the fatal shooting of 23 year old Devin Dial. Kennedy …
Read More »Sentence Upheld in East Texas Murder
An appellate court has upheld the conviction of an East Texas man found guilty in 2013 of murdering Chapel Hill football and basketball player Chris Mass because of a dispute that started on Twitter. 28 year old Ricky Neal Junior of Tyler was sentenced to life in prison.
Read More »North Texas Men Indicted For Mail Fraud in Highway Expansion Project
U.S. Attorney John M. Bales has announced that two Dallas men have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a Denton County highway expansion project in the Eastern District of Texas. James Kevin Bollman, 48, and Wade Wylie Blackburn, 33, were named in the …
Read More »Three Dead In Crash Near Commerce
State Troopers were dispatched to a major crash on SH 224 between Commerce and Neylandville at about 7:40 this morning after an eastbound car went into the westbound lane, went into a side skid and rolled about 30 feet down an embankment and into the Sulphur River where …
Read More »FLash Flood Watch Through Tuesday Morning
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * REASON...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE …
Read More »Sulphur RIver Flash Flood Warning
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Flood Warning for The South Sulphur River Near Cooper. * from Monday afternoon to late Monday night...Or until the warning is cancelled. * At 0915 AM Sunday the stage was 9.07 feet. * Flood stage is 16.0 feet. …
Read More »Hopkins County Man Jailed For Sexual Assault of Child
Bond has been set at a total of $300,000 for a Hopkins County man charged on 3 counts of 2nd Degree Sexual of a Child. 20 year old Joseph Aaron Williams was arrested during a traffic stop by a Hopkins County deputies after an outcry by the alleged …
Read More »North Lamar Wins DSM Award
The cast and directors from North Lamar High School’s fall production of Mary Poppins won the Best Ensemble Award at the 5th Annual Dallas Summer Musical (DSM) High School Musical Theatre Awards. North Lamar was nominated for eight out of sixteen categories and learned of their award …
Read More »Free Airplane Rides In Sulphur Springs
The Sulphur Springs Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting its annual Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport tomorrow from 9 – noon. Free airplane rides will be given to children between the ages of 8 and 17. The local chapter of the Civil Air Patrol …
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