Starting Jan. 5, Wise County residents won’t have to leave the county to get the documentation they need to leave the country. The Wise County District Clerk’s Office was recently approved by the U.S Department of State to offer full passport services, District Clerk Loucrecia Biggerstaff shared with the Messenger earlier this week. The District Clerk’s office will accept applications […]
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Couple indicted in major theft case
A local woman and her husband have been indicted by a Wise County grand jury for stealing more than $300,000 from her former employer.
Man given 6 years for burglary
A former Decatur resident has been sentenced to serve prison time for his role in a 2017 Alvord home invasion robbery.
Wise County Crime Report for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
ONLY IN WISE…SUNDAY, NOV. 30: 300 BLOCK OF COUNTY ROAD 1637 — Complainant advised an unknown person entered their residence without their consent and shot multiple rounds, killing two dogs and a pig.
News Briefs for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA — The John B. Denton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its annual event where wreaths are placed at the graves of veterans with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Wise County Veterans Memorial Park in Decatur. Visit wreathsacrossamerica.org.
No. 4 and No. 11: Middle school football program dealt second tragic loss
FREEWhen Decatur’s middle school football teams took the field this year, they did so despite a gut wrenching absence — the unworn No. 11 jersey. On Saturday, the program faced the unimaginable a second time, coming to terms with the reality that the player who wore the Decatur-blue No. 4 jersey would never take the field again, too. No. 4, […]
Weapon found at Slidell High School
A weapon was reportedly found in a teenage visitor’s bag at Slidell High School Tuesday morning. Slidell ISD sent a press release to parents stating that “an airsoft-type pellet pistol” was located on campus. Authorities determined that the 16-year-old girl does not attend Slidell High School. “This morning, before the start of school, a female student entered our secondary campus […]
3 flown to hospital after U-Haul crashes into tree off Highway 287
FREEA woman and two children were flown to metroplex hospitals Tuesday afternoon after a U-Haul box truck crashed into a tree in the median of U.S. 81/287 near Alvord. The U-Haul, carrying four occupants, was traveling south on U.S. 287 when it left the roadway near the Burger King/Paradise Quickstop gas station at 8417 Highway 287 just south of Alvord. […]
Medical City Decatur names new CFO
FREEMedical City Decatur is officially under the leadership of a new chief financial officer. Tyler Bodiford was named chief financial officer (CFO) at Medical City Decatur, the hospital announced this week. He began working in the new role Monday. Bodiford was previously CFO for HCA HealthTrust North Texas Supply Chain, overseeing strategic and financial operations across two HCA Healthcare divisions […]
Teen flown from wreck near WCWC campus
FREEA teenage girl was flown to a Fort Worth hospital after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 380 near the Weatherford College Wise County campus between Bridgeport and Decatur Tuesday morning. Around 7 a.m. Dec. 2, a teen driving a Chevrolet Tahoe pulled out from Farm Road 1655 and was T-boned by a Chevrolet 3500 pickup traveling westbound on U.S. 380, […]
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