News

November, 2022

• 11 November

  United Way Of Lamar County

  The United Way of Lamar County has announced that this year’s campaign has surpassed the goal of $575,000 by more than $100,000. Nineteen local nonprofits will benefit from the generosity of Lamar County donors. The extra money raised will help victims of last Friday’s tornado.
• 11 November

  OK Death Row Inmate Wants New Hearing On Murder For Hire

  Richard Glossip Oklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals has denied death row inmate Richard Glossip’s request for a new hearing. A jury had convicted Glossip in a murder-for-hire plot in which he hired his co-defendant, hotel maintenance man Justin Sneed to kill Barry Van Treese. Van Treese was Glossip’s boss at …
• 11 November

  Shopping For A Good Cause

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• 11 November

  Collin County Teen Sentenced For Killing Mother

  Steven Barney Collin County DA A Collin County teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother. 17-year-old Steven Barney of McKinney was sentenced to life in prison and fined $10,000.
• 11 November

  Four Dead In Wood County Crash

  Wednesday night, a Winnsboro couple was involved in a car accident on FM 515 about nine miles north of Quitman. The owner of Liefie restaurant on Main St. in Winnsboro, Flippie Strydom, has died from his injuries and his wife, Jackie, remains in ICU in stable condition. Strydom’s Cadillac was …
• 11 November

  Woman Arrested In Hunt County After Pursuit, Assault

  A pursuit ensued Thursday morning on I-30 when Cumby Police and Hopkins County Deputies attempted to contact a female motorist to see if she needed assistance. The woman drove away and, at one point, tried to back over an officer, and then shots were fired. The vehicle did ram into …
• 11 November

  Veterans Day In Hopkins County

  This year’s public observance of Veterans Day in Hopkins County will be Friday morning at 11:00 on the Sulphur Springs downtown square in front of the Hopkins County Courthouse. Speaker will be Robert Kerr, a local Judge Advocate of the U.S. Marine Corps League. The event is open to all, …
• 11 November

  Hazardous Weather Outlook

  North and Central Texas Today and Tonight Scattered storms are ongoing this early morning north of Interstate 20, with more expected through the rest of today across much of the region. There will be a threat for strong to low-end severe storms generally south of HWY-84, with usually a hail …
• 10 November

  Wood County Constable Federally Indicted For Excessive Force

  SHERMAN, Texas – A federal grand jury has indicted an East Texas law enforcement official with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Kelly Jason Smith, 46, was named in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Nov. 10 in Sherman, charging him with deprivation of rights …
• 10 November

  Chili, Stew Cook-Off