Corsicana News

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun The Strategic Planning Group is getting closer to a new logo and motto for the City of Corsicana, but they aren't ready to let the cat out of the bag just yet.

A second arrest has been made in the Oct. 20 robbery and shooting in Corsicana that left a Navarro College student injured.

Investigators have made a second arrest in connection with the Oct. 20 aggravated robbery and shooting of a Navarro College student at an off-campus apartment complex.

A powerful government advisory panel has released new recommendations for breast cancer screenings, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

From Staff Reports Madeleine Byrne, Ph.D., clinic director with ADAPT of Texas, will be the guest speaker at the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Gerald Hurst, a chemist and inventor, offers his services for free to help individuals he feels were wrongly convicted of arson.

A walking encyclopedia, and a book about learning history while walking - a perfect duo for an awards ceremony.

A Corsicana man has been indicted for aggravated robbery by an Ellis County grand jury in the knifepoint holdup of a convenience store in September.

Twenty local merchants and city officials met Tuesday at Two Doors Down Coffee Shop to discuss reforming a downtown association in Corsicana.

By Deanna Brown Daily Sun Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, a day set aside to honor the service men and women who sacrificed for our country, for our freedom, will be even more poignant in light of the recent tragedy at Ft.

A group of citizens hoping to help preserve jobs and help Corsicana be perceived as "business friendly" held its first meeting Monday at the Corsicana Public Library.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun Volunteers with the Festival of Lights are going to host the Corsicana Christmas parade and the lights in Community Park this year, according to both the city and Festival representatives.

With tears in her eyes, Corsicana resident Mary White told the city council Tuesday about her 13-year-old Chihuahua, Butch, who was killed by two loose dogs in her yard in mid-October. "I want the loss of what I suffered on Saturday, Oct.

Released by Assistant Chief of Police Ladena Baggett with the Corsicana PD: On October 20, 2009, at approximately 6:35 p.m. officers from the Corsicana Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at the apartments at 685 S. 42nd Street, near the campus of Navarro College.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun At the home of Vernell Hatten, the yard buzzed like a bee hive Saturday, with rock music blaring from a pickup truck, a three-story scaffold against the front of the house, ladders along each side, and laughter, lots of laughter, coming from the 50 or so teenagers working on the project.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun With hundreds of associates in attendance, Wal-Mart celebrated its grand re-opening early Wednesday morning with cheers, music, speeches and checks for several local organizations, including $5,000 for the Navarro County Food Pantry.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun Seasonal fun is scheduled throughout the area with both Halloween and fall events featured.

Corsicana officials are questioning the Texas Forensic Science Commission's inquiry into the arson investigation that led to the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, saying the 4-year-old panel lacks the jurisdiction to the delve into the 1991 house fire that killed Willingham's three children.

Convinced that an innocent Central Texas man was executed in 2004, death penalty opponents rallied Saturday at the Texas Capitol to call for a moratorium on capital punishment and to highlight the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham.

When protesters in Austin marched against the death penalty Saturday, they had a new face to put on their posters - Cameron Todd Willingham, a hulking unemployed mechanic with a history of bad behavior.