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| Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| BREAKING NEWS - SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST - Texas Ranger Jim Holland today arrested Jimmy Brazile, 60, of Decatur on two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child, both second degree felonies. The alleged victim is a former student of Brazile's, according to District Attorney Jana Jones. Jones has asked that anyone else who has been a student with Brazile, who coaches and trains with horses, who might be a victim of an assault contact Holland at the Department of Public Safety Office, (940) 627-2693. |
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
BREAKING NEWS - MAJOR ACCIDENT
Three cars were involved in a major accident on U.S. 380 just west of the county line. Most of the individuals involved suffered only minor injuries, but a few did suffer serious injuries and their conditions are unknown at the time. |
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| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
| BREAKING NEWS - MAJOR ACCIDENT - There is a three vehicle and one motorcycle accident on 730 South and CR 4756. One driver was flown to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, and the motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to Wise County Regional Health System. The injuries to the drivers were unknown at the time. The other drivers involved were unhurt. |
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| Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| NEW PRINCIPAL - The Decatur school board named Jason Cochran as the new principal of Decatur High School Thursday. Cochran's resume includes time as a math teacher at a private school in Oklahoma, a math teacher at South Euless Elementary, the assistant principal of Hurst Junior High and assistant principal of L.D. Bell High School in Hurst. Cochran holds a bachelor of science degree from Oklahoma City University and a master's degree in education from the University of Texas at Arlington. |
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| Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| BREAKING NEWS - OILFIELD INJURY - An employee with the Encana company sustained unknown injuries this morning while working on an oil pump Thursday morning. The man’s injuries were so serious that rescue workers flew him to an undisclosed hospital. The oil pump is located on CR 4430, two miles south of FM 2264. Brad Reed, a spokesman for Encana, would not comment on the matter and asked the Messenger to leave the scene. |
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| ARTS AND CRAFTS - STAR Council sponsors free arts and crafts for ages 5 and up from 9-11 a.m. today at the Crystelle Waggoner Park. |
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| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT — The Alvord school board hired Bill Branum as the district’s interim superintendent at last night’s meeting. The board interviewed three candidates during executive session, then voted on the finalist during open session. The board is waiting for confirmation from Branum, which is expected today. |
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| Monday, July 14, 2008 |
| DROWNING - Authorities are investigating the apparent drowning of Gonsalo Salazar Rodriguez, 35, in a private lake on Jay Kelley Lane near the Wise-Montague county line over the weekend. Sheriff David Walker said the man and two children were fishing in a small boat when the victim caught a fish and the boat overturned dumping the occupants into the water. "He was apparently trying to swim toward the shore," Walker said. The two children were rescued safely. |
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| Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| SCHOOL BOND - Taxpayers in Decatur will pay almost half a million dollars less than originally planned on bonds meant to pay for a new elementary school, technology and other needed improvements in the Decatur school district. The Decatur School Board sold the bonds on Wednesday to BOSC Inc., an Oklahoma syndicate of banks. The district will later repay the bonds at an interest rate of slightly below 4.8 percent. That means Decatur taxpayers will pay exactly $22,636,336.30 in interest for 26 years, although the district has the option to pay the bonds off early in 2018, Supt. Gary Gindt said. |
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| Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| STRUCTURE FIRE - An early morning fire gutted a single-wide mobile home in the Slidell area. Slidell, Greenwood, Decatur and Krum fire departments were dispatched to 506 County Road 2730 at about 3:45 a.m. The couple living in the home had made their way out and the fire was heavy in one half of the home when firefighters arrived. Firefighters had the fire out in 30 minutes. The couple was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, but weren't transported to a hospital. The Red Cross was called to assist the couple. Wise County Fire Marshal Paul Cunningham is investigating the cause of the fire. |
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| Wednesday, July 9, 2008 |
| STRUCTURE FIRE — An early morning fire gutted a single-wide mobile home in the Slidell area. Slidell, Greenwood, Decatur and Krum departments were dispatched to 506 County Road 2730 at about 3:45 a.m. The couple living in the home had made their way out of the home and the fire was heavy in one half of the home when firefighters arrived. Firefighters had the fire out in 30 minutes. The couple was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, but weren’t transported to a hospital. The Red Cross was called to assist the couple. Wise County Fire Marshal Paul Cunningham is investigating the cause of the fire. |
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2008 |
| MAN IN ACCIDENT DIES - The 27-year-old Bowie man involved in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon died at 1:13 p.m. Monday at Harris Methodist Hospital. Randle Skinner crashed his motorcycle into a telephone pole near the entrance of Hanson Chico Quarry on FM 1810 Sunday after leading a DPS Trooper in a pursuit, suffering major internal injuries. He was flown to Harris Methodist Hospital. |
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| Monday, July 7, 2008 |
| PURSUIT ENDS IN CRASH - The driver of a sport motorcycle that led a DPS Trooper in an eight-mile pursuit on FM 1810 was severely injured when he crashed his motorcycle into a telephone pole in front of Hanson Chico Quarry just east of Chico around 5 p.m. Sunday. Trooper Jeff Johnson said he clocked Randle Skinner, 27, of Bowie going 75 mph on 1810. Skinner accelerated when Johnson attempted to stop him. Johnson estimated that Skinner was traveling at speeds from 140-150 while attempting to elude the trooper. Skinner lost control of his motorcycle and skid several hundred yards before running into and splitting a telephone pole near the quarry entrance. The motorcycle was torn into two pieces and Skinner suffered severe internal injuries. Skinner was flown to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. |
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| Thursday, July 3, 2008 |
PURSUIT ENDS IN CRASH — The driver of a sport motorcycle that led a DPS Trooper in an eight-mile pursuit on FM 1810 was severely injured when he crashed his motorcycle into a telephone pole in front of Hanson Chico Quarry just east of Chico around 5 p.m. Sunday. Trooper Jeff Johnson said he clocked Randle Skinner, 27, of Bowie going 75 mph on 1810. Skinner accelerated when Johnson attempted to stop him. Johnson estimated that Skinner was traveling at speeds from 140-150 while attempting to elude the trooper. Skinner lost control of his motorcycle and skid several hundred yards before running into and splitting a telephone pole near the quarry entrance. The motorcycle was torn into two pieces and Skinner suffered severe internal injuries. Skinner was flown to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.
STRUCTURE FIRE — Boyd, Newark and Parker and Tarrant County departments responded to a mobile home fire at 277 County Road 4869 just after 3 p.m. Sunday. A teenage boy was at the home alone at the time of the fire and suffered burns to his arms, hands and legs. He was flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Boyd Fire Chief Kent Spencer said the home will likely be a total loss. Fire damage was sustained to the double-wide’s roof, but the home suffered major water and smoke damage. Fire Marshal Paul Cunningham said the cause is under investigation. |
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2008 |
| BREAKING NEWS - MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT - Wise County Sheriff's deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety officials are saying little about a major traffic accident on U.S. 81/287 Wednesday afternoon that resulted in northbound traffic slowing to a crawl near FM 2264 in Decatur. Officials at the scene would only say that they had received a report of a reckless, possibly drunk, driver and pursued him on 287 northbound when he crashed his vehicle into the back of an 18-wheeler. The driver of the vehicle sustained unknown injuries, and rescue workers arrived at the scene and treated his injuries. A DPS official would not release the man's name and only said that they are investigating the incident. |
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2008 |
| ANIMAL SHELTER - Wise County will save $50,000 in construction costs on the new animal shelter by using its own staff to perform excavation and asphalt paving work. A Fort Worth-based contractor, meanwhile, will perform most of the work building the shelter for a cost of about $800,000. Ronald Hamm, vice president of Speed Fab-Crete, told Wise County Commissioner Kevin Burns in a letter last week that his firm can build the shelter for $843,385, and that estimate included the same proposed excavation and paving work. Commissioners decided Monday, however, that county staff can do the excavation and paving work on their own. The county would save $52,000 by using its own staff to do the work, said County Judge Bill McElhaney. |
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| Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| THREE-INJURY ACCIDENT - Rain and driving too fast in wet conditions led to a two-vehicle accident Saturday just before 6 p.m. on US 81/287 in Decatur which injured three people and left a frustrating backup in the downpour. Geraldo Orque, 37, of Fort Worth was northbound in front of James Woods Motors when he hydroplaned across the median and narrowly missed a concrete divider. Orque's vehicle crossed into the southbound lane where he crashed head-on into a small passenger car driven by Kathi Wells, 44, of Fort Worth. Both drivers, as well as Amalia Marvaez, 66, of Fort Worth who was a passenger in Orque's SUV, were transported to Wise Regional Health System. Orgue was cited for failure to maintain a safe speed. |
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| Friday, June 27, 2008 |
BREAKING NEWS - TRICE CALLS IT QUITS - Alvord ISD superintendent John Trice sent an e-mail to Alvord ISD employees at 3:39 p.m. Friday saying that he has decided to retire. The announcement comes one day after the school board denied a grievance filed by Coach Curtis Enis, which had attracted a lot of attention in the Alvord community.
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| Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| PARADISE ARRESTS - Two persons are in the Wise County jail on charges that they burglarized the agriculture building at Paradise High School - twice. They were arrested after officers saw two pickup trucks leaving the building shortly after midnight Tuesday. Sheriff David Walker said a chase ensued through the Paradise area. A 20-year-old woman was arrested in one of the trucks. While she was in custody, a 21-year-old man, also a suspect in the thefts, called her cell phone. The man was arrested by Fort Worth police and returned to Wise County. Walker said the thieves removed some metal from the outside of the building and the woman, who was small in stature, entered the building and opened the doors. Thieves took tools and lawn equipment and other items during the two burglaries. "After the first burglary, the school bought all new equipment and the thieves came back and got it." Officers recovered most of the stolen items, Walker said. |
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| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| NO INDICTMENT - A Tarrant County grand jury has declined to indict a 22-year-old Haslet man in the traffic deaths of Jason Bruce, 30 and his wife Nora (Beth) Bruce, 29 of Chico. The accident occurred on Nov. 7 at Bonds Ranch Road and FM 156 in far north Fort Worth. Colton Frazier McGuffin had been charged on two counts of intoxication manslaughter. He had told police at the scene that he had been drinking. However, blood tests for alcohol taken two hours after the accident, came back negative. Two children, Becca Marsh, 8, and Bryan Marsh, 5, and their 9-year-old niece were injured in the wreck. |
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