Carson County News

The district court recently delivered sentences in two Donley County cases. In Wellington on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, the court heard two pleas which resulted in two convictions against Travis Ray Smith.

Carson County commissioners voted 3-2 at a special meeting Monday to proceed with plans to build a new county jail.

A DPS trooper arrested a California man for possession of a controlled substance.

Trusties work in the laundry room, which doubles as a library, in the Carson County jail, a 24-bed facility in the courthouse in the city of Panhandle .

The Amarillo City Commission on Tuesday authorized borrowing $72.78 million for water projects through state loan programs that will save the city millions in interest.

Federal authorities filed a court motion Monday to keep more than $600,000 seized in a Carson County traffic stop in March.

Panhandle highways are starting to see the benefits of a $5 billion bond for road improvements Texas voters passed two years ago.

A private utility firm is going to commence the first of two public hearings tonight on a proposal to string wind-energy lines across the Panhandle.

Department of Public Safety authorities said a man was struck by a car and killed while helping move cattle off a Carson County roadway Sunday.

Texas Department of Public Safety leaders reminded troopers about proper procedure after the second escape of a wanted fugitive from its Amarillo office in less than a year.

The Amarillo City Commission plans to issue $76 million in low-interest certificates of obligation in November to pay for two waterworks projects.

Amarillo will save more than $20 million in interest on financing a new source of water.

Three schools were locked downA and according to police on the sceneA the fugitive situation in theA I-27 andA Georgia areaA started inA Carson county.

The man who escaped from Department of Public Safety troopers and spurred a three-hour manhunt Tuesday is being held without bond in the Randall County Jail.

A suspect is back in custody after escaping while being fingerprinted, triggering the lockdown of three schools.

A history festival Oct. 17 at Fannin Middle School will include 650 exhibits of ancient buildings and historical events created by students.

A Panhandle man was killed after troopers said he ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle in Carson County, the Department of Public Safety said.

It was a busy weekend for troopers on I-40. More than $250,000 worth of drugs were seized in three separate traffic stops.

Three separate traffic stops over the past few days have taken more than $250,000 worth of drugs off the streets.

Law enforcement officers arrested a man Thursday after a store clerk reported he attempted to pass suspected counterfeit money.