Hewitt News

Construction on two Interstate 35 frontage road bridges over the Brazos River is expected to start in July and finish by fall 2014, in time to carry traffic to the proposed new Baylor University stadium, according to the project manager for the state highway project.

A suspect who led several law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase through three counties was arrested after wrecking his car Tuesday morning, according to officials.

The driver was arrested at the scene of the crash, but later was removed from the backseat of a patrol car and was placed in an ambulance to be taken to a local hospital.

A former Hewitt woman who admitted that she and her husband had sex with a 16-year-old foster child was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday.

Friends and family members of a former Hewitt woman who confessed to having sex with a 16-year-old girl said she was under the thumb of her abusive, controlling husband when she agreed to participate in the three-way sexual encounter.

Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of a Hewitt woman who was charged along with her husband in connection with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in 2009.

A McGregor man convicted of his third aggravated robbery was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for robbing a Hewitt hair salon and pistol-whipping the owner last year.

An elaborate wooden tree fort will be one of the key attractions for the new playground to be installed this fall at Hewitt Park.

Hewitt police reported executing a search warrant Friday afternoon at Best Asian Massage, 511 N. Hewitt Drive, Suite 6, after determining personnel were performing full-body massages without state licenses.

Hewitt police closed down a massage parlor Friday afternoon, following an investigation into complaints of illegal activity at the business.

A Hewitt woman was in the McLennan County Jail Friday charged with injury to a child after police a young girl was struck in the face.

Nathan Lee Turnbough, 25, of Waco, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 10 years on probation after he earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a Hewitt man in a traffic crash.

Hewitt police arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday on charges of indecency with a child after an 11-day investigation, Hewitt police Chief Deputy Tuck Saunders said.