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Police will make drinkers an offer they can't refuse

By Staff | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

County Attorney James Stainton, along with law enforcement agencies across Wise County and volunteers from both Wise Regional Health System and Doctors' Hospital, are instituting the first "no refusal" weekend over the July 4 holiday to crack down on drunk driving.

Frozen treat

By Kristen Tribe | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

Despite blazing outdoor temperatures, Wise County commissioners issued a freeze on the Weatherford College branch campus maintenance tax for residents age 65 and older and disabled individuals. They also approved a $100,000 homestead exemption for those same residents.

Cubs are staying cool in their new home

By Erika Pedroza | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

Three orphaned black bear cubs from Wyoming, whose mother was shot by a hunter who contacted authorities, have a new home in the International Exotic Animal Sanctuary in Boyd.

Firm hired to draw up courthouse plans

By Kristen Tribe | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

Commissioners Monday voted to hire Wiginton Hooker Jeffry Architects to design actual plans for a new courthouse. The work will take 10 to 12 months and will cost $231,000.

Former minister sentenced to 17 years on child porn charges

By Travis Measley | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

Steve Richardson, former pastor of the Boyd First United Methodist Church, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March to two charges relating to child pornography.

Fire department gets new truck

By Staff | Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Greenwood-Slidell Volunteer Fire Department received a new rescue command truck through a $20,000 grant from EnCana Oil and Gas Inc.

The dairy farmer

Robbie Watson carries on tradition despite new challenges

By Kristen Tribe | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

As a young girl, Robbie Watson of Decatur trailed after her dad around the family's dairy. She preferred the company of cows to the confines of the house and spent her days just one step behind her dad, learning the finer points of the dairy business.

Well fees: Civic duty or unnecessary burden?

As registration deadline approaches, some cities feeling drained by water district's rules

By Travis Measley | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

When the legislation creating the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District came to a vote during the final months of 2007, voters overwhelmingly passed it, eager to set up the first local water district in the state with the authority to place certain restrictions on the oil and gas industry for water use.

School will offer daycare

By Travis Measley | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

By the start of the 2009-2010 school year, Bridgeport ISD will offer another enticing benefit for parents employed by the district: a districtwide daycare program.

EDC satisfied with work of director

By Phil Major | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

Decatur Economic Development Corp. held its first performance evaluation of director Marty Harrison Tuesday.

College project united cities, county

By Mandy Bourgeois | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

Wise County and the cities of Bridgeport and Decatur have received the City-County Cooperation Award after a successful cooperative effort to make the Wise County Weatherford College campus a reality.

Media equipment, phones approved by trustees

By Brian Knox | Published Sunday, June 28, 2009

Decatur School Board trustees Thursday approved the tools needed for students interested in visual production careers to get started in the industry.

STRUCTURE FIRE - Bridgeport, Paradise, Lake Bridgeport and Decatur Fire Departments responded to a structure fire in Bridgeport at Wise County Tax Services on Texas 114 at Texas 101 around 5:15 this morning. Initial reports suggest the fire started on the backside of the building, possibly outside, working in and toward the roof. As of 7 a.m., firefighters were still working to extinguish the last of the flames and recover any undamaged records from the building.

Participants of the Decatur Public Library Summer Reading Program were entertained Tuesday by Mad Scientist Aja Jones of Mad Science of Tarrant County.

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