Commerce News

By Brad Kellar Journal Staff Business in Commerce was good during September, as local merchants recorded a big jump in the amount of sales taxes they collected.

The Annual Commerce Christmas Parade is scheduled at 7 p.m., Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. This year's theme is "Christmas Memories." Everyone can use the memories' theme to make an entry or may choose a theme subject of their own.

By Amber Pompa Journal Staff This Monday will begin the 18th Annual Veterans Vigil hosted by Texas A&M University-Commerce. This two-day event, which will run Nov.

By Brad Kellar Journal Staff The Halloween weekend wasn't too scary for the Commerce Police Department, but it certainly was busy.

The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business After Hours on Thursday.

At approximately 7:40 a.m. on November 3, Commerce Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to an auto-pedestrian accident in the 2100 block of Live Oak Street.

Texas State Technical College-Marshall will play host to 25 different companies and several colleges when the school has its semi-annual Industry Career Day Event Thursday.

Personnel with the Commerce Police Department responded during the past week to multiple burglary calls.

The Woman's Culture Club met in the fellowship hall of Fairlie Baptist Church on Oct.

The 18th annual Veterans Vigil, which is dedicated to a particular branch or section of the military each year that has served our country during times of military action, will be held on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus Nov.

The Hunt County grand jury returned multiple indictments earlier this month involving alleged offenses connected to Commerce.

For those who want to get a four-year degree or even a graduate degree in Collin County, there will be a new place to do it, beginning in January.

It time for the U.S. Army Field Band Concert in Denison. This group is a 90 piece band from Washington D.C. that plays for many presidential events.

The Lamar County Chamber of Commerce begins a new fiscal year with a celebration of achievements of the past 12 months.

On Tuesday we told you about a profanity-laced advertisement that appeared in last week's edition of the Pottsboro Press, a weekly community newspaper that bills itself as 'the conservative voice of Grayson." That ad, which contained the "F" and "S" words, had many parents we spoke to furious.

Four men were arrested early this morning on drug charges in Durant. Durant Police say they responded to noise complaint at the Shadybrook Apartments on North Seventh just after midnight.

Commerce, Texas-The Texas A&M University-Commerce Silver Leos Writing Club launched the "Collection of Memories for OLD E.T.," which kicked off at Homecoming on Oct.

All former students and graduates of Texas A&M University-Commerce, formerly East Texas State University, are invited to an after-hours reception at the Sam Rayburn Library from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 22.

Mrs. Oleta Adams Allen, 89, of Murfreesboro went home to be with her Lord on October 12, 2009.

At least three big events will take place this week to entertain and excite hometown crowds, and area residents can attend all three.