Christmas afternoon, a Utility Terrain Vehicle crash near Broken Bow hospitalized a seven-year-old girl with head and arm injuries. The girl was driving down a private driveway when she accidentally hit a tree during a sharp turn, was ejected, and pinned under the UTV. Her passenger, a nine-year-old boy, was …
December, 2021
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27 December
Upshur County Man Indicted For Murder
Robert Lee Travis The Upshur County grand jury has indicted an Ore City man for a fatal shooting on May 1. A court accused 42-year-old Robert Lee Travis of killing Braiden Ray Robinson. Court documents show that Travis admitted to shooting Robinson several times with a handgun.
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27 December
Hopkins County Bookings
Christopher Scott Brown Hopkins County Deputies arrested 42-year-old Christopher Scott Brown on Christmas Day for Aggravated Assault of a Date, Family or Household Member with a Deadly Weapon. They also charged him with the Assault of a Peace Officer or Judge. He remains in the Hopkins County Jail under a …
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27 December
Vacant Hunt County Home Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed a home Christmas Eve in the Waco Bay Community of Lake Tawakoni in Hunt County. Reports indicate that the home was vacant or abandoned. Firefighters from Tawakoni, South Tawakoni, Cash, Wills Point, Rolling Oaks, and Able Springs responded. The cause of the fire is under investigation. https://www.facebook.com/tawakonifire
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27 December
Pedestrian Killed Near Henderson
Christmas night, a pickup driven by a New Caney man struck and killed 43-year-old Edmon Lynard Howard of Henderson. It was five miles south of Henderson on US 259. State Troopers report that Howard was standing on or near the fog line next to a broken-down pickup truck when the …
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27 December
North Texas Teen Charged With School Shooting Back In Jail
Timothy George Simpkins Arlington PD The student charged in the October shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington that injured three people is back behind bars. Reportedly, 18-year old Timothy Simpkins violated the terms of his bond. While awaiting trial, the court ordered Simpkins to refrain from using drugs or …
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27 December
Person Of Interest Sought In Shotting 11-Year-Old Girl
Polk County authorities seek a person of interest after someone fired a gunshot into a home Christmas morning and injured a sleeping 11-year-old girl. Detectives want to speak with a man identified as Avery Norman, who they think is driving a black Dodge truck or a black, older model four-door …
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27 December
Weekly Roadwork Report
TxDOT Atlanta District Dec. 26 – Jan. 1, 2021 Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in the median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate. SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 …
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24 December
Sulphur Springs: Brookshire’s To Host Blood Drive For Local Patients
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (Dec. 24, 2021) – There is a gift you can give this holiday that costs nothing but time and requires no added shipping. You save lives by ensuring hospital patients receive the transfusions they need during the holidays and every day when you give blood. Hospitals need …
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23 December
Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
Dallas, Houston, and Oklahoma City brace to feel the warmest Christmas on record Plus, one city will challenge a Christmas Day temperature record from 1889. So it’s safe to say Santa might work up a sweat when passing through these parts. AccuWeather Global Weather Center – Dec 23, 2021 – This …