Holmes files for re-election
Published Saturday, February 9, 2019
By Richard Greene
Boyd Mayor Rodney Holmes has filed to retain his post.
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Published Saturday, February 9, 2019
By Richard Greene
Boyd Mayor Rodney Holmes has filed to retain his post.
Published Saturday, February 9, 2019
By Messenger Staff
The girls basketball playoffs begin Monday with the bi-district round. Decatur will take on Glen Rose at 6 p.m. Monday at Weatherford High School.
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2019
By Brian Knox
Fifty-six Wise County residents will receive a letter within the next few days asking them to provide proof of U.S. citizenship in order to remain on the voting rolls.
Published Wednesday, January 16, 2019
By Richard Greene
Four candidates filed Wednesday to fill the two Decatur ISD School Board spots on the ballot for the May 4 general election. Wednesday was the first day for candidates to file. The deadline for filing is Feb. 15. Decatur ISD School Board President and artist Cheri Boyd filed to stay in her Place 2 seat, […]
Published Saturday, January 12, 2019
By Richard Greene
Ten prospective candidates, along with the two incumbents, turned out for the Decatur ISD school board candidate information session Wednesday night.
Published Saturday, December 8, 2018
By Messenger Staff
The Decatur Eagles held off second-place Andrews by two points, winning the 4A cross country title 90-92 in Round Rock Nov. 3.
Published Wednesday, November 28, 2018
By Brian Knox
It's starting to feel like the early 1990s again in Wise County, at least in terms of local voter turnout.
Published Wednesday, November 21, 2018
By Brian Knox
A Bridgeport woman has been arrested on theft charges, accused of embezzling more than a half-million dollars from the family of James Wood. Robin Anne Garrett, 46, is charged with theft greater than $300,000, a first degree felony; theft $150,000 to $300,000, a second degree felony; and theft $2,500 to $30,000 enhanced, a third degree felony.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Austin Jackson
After a 426-day fight, the Wise Citizens for Property Rights founder Bryson Boyd finally had cause to kick back and celebrate as he watched votes pile up against forced annexation at an election party Tuesday night at Rooster's Roadhouse in Decatur.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Austin Jackson
After 12 months of speaking engagements, meeting voters door-to-door, and touring college campuses, Texas Senate District 30 Democratic nominee Kevin Lopez brought his campaign against Republican nominee Pat Fallon back to where it first kicked off.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Austin Jackson
Long lines, a senior course load and the maze of the midterm ballot didn't stop Boyd student Maile Hopkins from letting her voice be heard.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Kristen Tribe
Brian Moore defeated Scott Walz 298 votes to 162 votes, between Denton and Wise counties, to win Position 4 on the Slidell School Board.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Brian Knox
Fifteen years after a proposition to create an Emergency Services District in the Boonsville area failed by just a handful of votes, voters Tuesday approved Wise County ESD No. 2.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Richard Greene
Rhome voters approved the $2.75 million proposition for wastewater improvements Tuesday night.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Brian Knox
Voters in Decatur narrowly rejected a proposition to tax property newly-annexed into the Wise County Water Supply District.
Published Saturday, November 10, 2018
By Richard Greene
Led by a heavy straight-party turnout, Wise County turned out in force for Republican candidates all the way down the ballot.
Published Saturday, November 3, 2018
By Brian Knox
More than a third of registered voters in Wise County cast early ballots for Tuesday's election over the past two weeks.
Published Saturday, October 26, 2018
By Brian Knox
Midterm elections don't usually draw the crowds that a presidential election year does. Somebody forgot to tell Wise County voters.
Published Saturday, October 20, 2018
By Messenger Staff
Election Day is Nov. 6, but avoid the crowds and vote early.
Published Wednesday, October 17, 2018
By Brian Knox
Election Day is Nov. 6, but you might want to take advantage of early voting which begins next week.