Big Sandy News

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer A Smith County family is asking why the Smith County Sheriff's Office did not respond immediately to find their missing 80-year-old relative who has not been seen since Friday.

Five guilty pleas and one punishment by judge were heard in 115th District Court in Gilmer last week.

Taxing entities in Upshur County have re-elected four incumbents and chosen a newcomer for the Upshur County Appraisal District's Board of Directors, Chief Appraiser Sarah Curtis said.

Upshur County Judge Lauren Parish handed sentences to four people this past week in 115th District Court.

By BRIAN PEARSON Business Editor Below the Bank of America in downtown Tyler, Tommy Martin has been working on what he hopes will become the community's Fort Knox for sensitive information.

In compliance with State, Federal, US Department of Education, and Jeanne Clery requirements, Jarvis Christian College will conduct a joint Campus Mock Shooting Drill on December 7, 2009.

District Judge Lauren Parish sentenced 15 people Nov. 10-13 in Upshur County's 115th District Court.

A search for a missing 2-year-old girl near Gladewater ended happily Wednesday. Kayden Sue Rushing was discovered missing that morning by her mother, Betty Lou Croley, about 10:12 a.m. from her home on Willow Oak Road in southern Upshur County.

A Linden man died Sunday afternoon after a motorcycle accident that left rescuers searching the Little Cypress Bayou into the night.

Upshur County District Judge Lauren Parish sentenced 10 people this week in 115th District Court.

Several events have been scheduled locally to honor veterans on Veterans Day, Nov.

J.W. Royal has lived in Winona for the last 14 years, but he says the last few months have been some of the most tense he can remember.

Big Sandy authorities want motorists to stay off a local road where two water rescues have occurred this week.

Thursday morning, 22-year-old Jessica Prescott of the Starville/Winona area found herself stuck on River Road with water flooding her vehicle, a 2007 Jeep.

By ADAM RUSSELL Staff Writer Proposition 1 will pass or fail on Nov. 3, but Winona's city council held discussions Monday night during a special meeting about regulations it can enforce if voters approve the local alcoholic beverage option.

Preceptor Pi Nu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi bade farewell to summer at their first meeting of the year with a sunset picnic in the park at Lake Gilmer on Monday, Sept.

Services for Hugh H. Reynolds, 84, of Lubbock, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct.

He was dead for more than a week, and Big Sandy police say his common law wife was living with his corpse.

By ADAM RUSSELL Staff Writer A political action committee seeking the approval of a local option alcohol proposal says Winona will win by going wet.

An auto occupied by at least two persons eluded Big Sandy police officers and Upshur County sheriffa s deputies during a high-speed chase in Upshur and Wood Counties last Wednesday morning, said Big Sandy Police Sgt.