Pelican Bay News

Justin Evans had heard legends of piranhas in Eagle Mountain Lake. He dreamed of catching one.

Pelican Bay residents were bound to notice when the strange rig parked next to their fences and started drilling into the easement between properties and the roadway, so public works superintendent Mike Lowery ...

PelicanB said in the Pelican Bay Forum:

ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON MAY 1OTH, 2008 Positions to be decided: The Mayor, Council Place # 1, Council Place # 2, Council Place # 4 Mayor: 1. Sandy Tolbert (incumbent) - 2. Mike Jones Council Place #1: - 1. Larry Leach (incumbent) - 2. Rusty Rogers Council Place #2: - 1. Missy Clark (incumbent) - 2. M.E. (JR) Haggard Council Place #4: - 1. Marlyn Hawkins - 2. Clifford Tynes Please remember to vote on May 10th!

A Parker County Jail inmate accused of indecency with a child was found dead in his jail cell Sunday morning during a security check, according to the Sheriff's Department.

Sheriff Larry Fowler said Frankie Lewis Tucker, 55, of Weatherford was found around 10:45 a.m. lying on the floor of his cell with an electrical cord from a radio looped around his neck and the other end wrapped around a table.

The Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled Tucker's death a suicide by hanging.

Tucker was segregated from other prisoners because of his law enforcement experience, Fowler said. Read more

Tarrant Regional Water District last week reported the recovery of the body of missing teenager Joe Barnett. via Azle News Online

The body of an Azle teen missing in Eagle Mountain Lake since Feb. 25 was recovered Friday morning, 18 days after his canoe capsized in choppy water, officials said. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“We plan to start our search again [this] morning at daylight”

An Azle teenager remained missing in Eagle Mountain Lake late Tuesday, a day after his canoe capsized in choppy water, officials said.

Joe Barnett, 16, and a friend, also 16, pushed off from Shady Grove Park on the Azle side of the lake about 5 p.m. Monday, said Chad Lorance, a spokesman for the Tarrant Regional Water District.

The teenagers were carrying two bicycles in the 16-foot canoe that they planned to ride on the Pelican Bay side of the lake, a family friend said.

After the canoe turned over in rough water, the friend made it to shore and went for help, officials said. Read more

Rescuers were searching for a man Monday night after a canoe carrying two flipped over in Eagle Mountain Lake.

Rescue crews are preparing to resume the search for a teenager who went missing at Eagle Mountain Lake near Pelican Bay Monday night.

A search was scheduled to resume Tuesday morning for a 16-year-old boy missing after a canoe flipped over in Eagle Mountain Lake Monday night.

Searchers used sonar Tuesday morning in an attempt to locate a 16-year-old boy missing after a canoe flipped over in Eagle Mountain Lake Monday evening.

BY BILL MILLER and MATT FRAZIER Searchers early this morning found the canoe that capsized Monday evening on Eagle Mountain Lake, but a 16-year-old boy who paddled it was still missing, a spokesman for Tarrant ...

TARRANT COUNTY Authorities in Tarrant County are searching for a possible drowning victim at Eagle Mountain Lake.

By Melody Mcdonald and Martha Deller FORT WORTH -- A former police chief of Pelican Bay has found himself on the wrong side of the law.Eddie Wayne Frankum Jr., 36, a candidate for sheriff in Kaufman County, ...

A grand jury has indicted a candidate for Kaufman County sheriff on three charges of official oppression.

A grand jury has indicted a candidate for Kaufman County sheriff on three charges of official oppression.

By RICHARD ABSHIRE / The Dallas Morning News rabshire@dallasnews.com A candidate for sheriff in Kaufman County has been indicted on three charges of official oppression while serving as chief of police in ...

Kaufman County Sheriff candidate Eddie Frankum has been indicted on three charges of official oppression by a Tarrant County grand jury.

Crime or punishment? That's the question a candidate for Kaufman County sheriff is asking.

Three law enforcement agencies claim a felony warrant was issued for Eddie Frankum but the candidate claims all three are invalid and politically motivated.