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Decatur, Texas · DecaturThe Decatur City Council Monday approved funding a public-safety themed splash pad in the park space between the Decatur Fire Department and new Decatur Police Department facility. The splash pad will be blue and red with various elements and logos to incorporate the nearby fire and police department, with stars and fire hoses. The council approved $644,115 for the equipment. In 2022, the project was budgeted at around $920,000. Public Works D…See the Story
City moves forward on public safety park plans - Wise County Messenger
Decatur, Texas · DecaturWise County Commissioners celebrated good financial news Monday. S&P Global Ratings raised its issuer credit rating (ICR) on Wise County earlier this month. S&P increased Wise County’s rating to ‘AA+’ from ‘AA.’ “The upgrade reflects the county’s continued economic expansion, available reserves that have improved to very strong levels, and adoption of more formalized financial management policies and practices,” said S&P Global Ratings credit an…See the Story
County credit rating upgraded - Wise County Messenger
Decatur, Texas · DecaturDecatur Police Department is working to staff an additional dispatcher through interlock agreements with the cities of Boyd and Rhome. MESSENGER FILE PHOTO Three area police departments are discussing a partnership on emergency dispatching services that may lead to a new approach to emergency telecommunications in Wise County. Decatur Police Department is in advanced talks to provide dispatching services to Boyd Police Department and an addition…See the Story
Decatur PD eyes dispatch services partnership - Wise County Messenger
Atlanta Braves · DecaturA screenshot of the text message sent out to many Decatur ISD voters Sunday night. On Sunday, many residents in the Decatur Independent School District received a text message urging people to “reject” a candidate for the school board and pointed to two issues that have been a priority among conservatives in recent years: COVID-19 masking policies and policies regarding transgender students. The text message, which stated was paid for by a polit…See the Story
School Board candidates condemn political text - Wise County Messenger
Bridgeport · BridgeportThe Texas-based forensic genetic genealogy lab Othram Inc. is crowd-funding to solve a 1993 cold case murder of an unidentified woman found charred in Bridgeport.See the Story
Who was Bridgeport Jane Doe? Texas lab aims to solve 1993 Connecticut cold case killing
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Property · AuroraThe ‘UFO’ was seen sputtering along before crashing into a local judge’s property (Picture: Shutterstock/Getty Images/Metro.co.uk) Most people in this Texan town of about 1,300 know the alien as Ned. Ned was a spaceman who on April 17, 1897, crashed into a windmill near the home of a local judge in Aurora. He had been riding a cigar‐shaped spaceship travelling north at only 10 or so miles per hour just before 4am, The Dallas Morning News report…See the Story
Did locals really bury a 'Martian' who crash-landed nearly 130 years ago?
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Decatur, Texas · DecaturONLY IN WISE… MONDAY, APRIL 15 PRIVATE ROAD 4011 — A woman wanted to report threatening messages from a guy she was trying to buy cows from. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 COUNTY ROAD 1160 — A woman advised she lives in Freeport, and she rented an Airbnb in Decatur with her niece and niece’s boyfriend. She advised that she went to sleep early the night she stayed at the Airbnb. Complainant advised that later that night, her niece’s boyfriend was drunk and …See the Story
Wise County Crime Report for Thursday, April 18, 2024 - Wise County Messenger
Decatur, Texas · DecaturBridgeport Police Department’s investigation into a possible child sex crime involving a former Bridgeport High School athletic trainer resulted in an arrest Wednesday. Billy Newsom, 60, of Bridgeport was arrested this evening on the felony charge of online solicitation of a minor, said Bridgeport Police Chief Steve Stanford. The Wise County District Attorney’s Office, Texas Rangers and the U.S. Secret Service forensic division have been assisti…See the Story