Hunt County News

Heroes need sidekicks, and Army Sgt. Clay Rankin's was just named 2009 Dog of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

With a new divided four-lane highway in the background, state and local officials joined almost 100 Northeast Texas residents Friday on the outskirts of this rural community to celebrate the completion of yet another link between Interstate 30 in Hunt County and the rest of the North American hemisphere.

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

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.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 7:18 am US/Central Reporting Jeff Jamison Cloudy skies and cool temperatures will remain on Monday.

A Commerce woman has been sentenced to jail after entering a guilty plea in connection with a reported shoplifting of a bottle of beer from the Commerce Brookshire's, which resulted in the filing of felony aggravated robbery charges.

Thomas Ratliff, a candidate for the Texas State Board of Education, visited with Hunt County school officials Tuesday night at the Alumni Center on the campus of Texas A&M-Commerce. Ratliff, a Republican of Mount Pleasant, is opposing incumbent Dr.

It's strange to me the Texas Department of Transportation news that it is pulling the last plug on the Trans Texas Corridor - the love child of Texas Gov.

AUDIE MURPHY is deservedly famous as the most decorated soldier of World War Two, a distinction that made him a revered Texas hero.

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Troy McKinney, along with the Grayson and Hunt County Sheriffs' Departments, recovered and returned more than $80,000 of stolen property from a Sherman man charged with 11 felony charges.

Officers with Commerce Police Department arrested three defendants in less than three hours this week for possession of marijuana.

By Brad Kellar Journal Staff A Commerce man is being held in the Hunt County Jail in lieu of a total of $100,000 bond, charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Hunt County firefighters were spinning their wheels Sunday literally. At least four fire trucks, as well as two support vehicles, were reported stuck in the mud as firefighters attempted to battle an out of control brush fire Sunday afternoon.

By Brad Kellar Journal Staff Local pet owners are being urged to take extra precautions to protect their dogs, cats and other animals, as a case of rabies has been reported by a Commerce veterinarian.

Hunt County commissioners approved the county's participation in the City of Greenville's tax increment reinvestment zone during Monday's regular session of the Commissioners Court.

Texas Department of Transportation has no intention of developing the Trans Texas Corridor TTC, said agency spokesperson Chris Lippincott, on Wednesday.

In a unanimous decision, Commerce City Council voted to table an item to amend the city's curfew ordinance for minors during its regular session Tuesday evening.

A reduction in bond may not have been enough to allow an Irving woman, charged with theft and engaging in organized criminal activity in connection with an incident at the Commerce Wal-Mart, to be released from the Hunt County Jail.

The Northeast Texas Regional Water Planning Group has elected four new group members and reelected four current members.