By Scott Harvey

Commerce – Arizona's controversial immigration law was the topic of discussion during the latest Diversity in Dialogue event held Wednesday on the A&M-Commerce campus.

The program's Guest speaker, Victoria Neave, is an attorney with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Civil Rights Commission.

Neave provided information on the Arizona law, plus other immigration guidelines and similar cases to the Arizona law from years past.

GREENVILLE – More than two months after Hunt County authorities found bags of marijuana which had allegedly been dropped from a plane, a sixth bag has been found.

By Scott Harvey

Bonham – A six year prison term is ordered for former Fannin County tax assessor Pamela Sweet, who was arrested for a DWI twice within a five week period last year.

Sweet will be eligible for parole in 18 months. She was arrested on a DWI charge in March, 2009. After resigning from her duties in July, 2009, she was again arrested following a one-car accident later that month. Sweet admitted to having consumed a large amount of alcohol and to taking prescription medication earlier in the day.

By Scott Harvey

Grayson County – A deadly mobile home fire in Grayson County Monday night is being investigated as a homicide.

Three people were found dead in the home; near the intersection of FM 1417 and Highway 82.

Two of the deceased are females in their late twenties, and the third is a man around 30. All three were dead upon the arrival of emergency responders.

Investigators say the fire was suspicious. The ATF and Dallas County Medical Examiner have been brought in to assist in the investigation.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The Commerce ISD joins an increasingly popular campaign to inform legislators of a need for change to the current Texas public school finance system.

During Monday's regular board meeting, the school board adopted a resolution of acknowledgment Making Education a Priority, a campaign that originated through the Aledo ISD, west of Fort Worth.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The Commerce ISD will conduct its first meeting tonight in its new board room, formerly the A.C. Williams Cafeteria at 3315 Washington Street.

Students in grades 3-5 now inhabit the new A.C. Williams along Culver Street, which opened last fall.

Since then, crews with Commerce ISD have been renovating the old facility to house offices for central administration, Tri County Shared Services, food service and facilities for the Boys & Girls Club.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – A Delta County man has been indicted for allegedly kidnapping a Campbell woman at knifepoint from her home back in late January.

53-year-old Charles Ray Stevens then allegedly forced her to drive him to Oklahoma. Stevens was later captured near Paris.

The indictment was handed down Friday by the Hunt County Grand Jury.

He has already been sentenced in Lamar County to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a public servant in connection with the same incident.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The City of Commerce is scheduled to discuss its budget tomorrow. Proposed is a property tax rate of 82 cents per $100 valuation, an increase of six cents.

Although the rate is higher than last year, the city is not required to conduct a public hearing, as the proposed rate does not exceed the effective rate.

The rate, if approved, would include a $700 pay raise for city employees.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Two local men are named in a list of assault indictments handed down Friday by the Hunt County Grand Jury.

Roy Anthony Jones, of Commerce, is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He's alleged to have threatened two women and one man with a knife on July 5.

Justin Lane Ferguson, of Campbell, also received an aggravated assault with deadly weapon indictment. Ferguson is alleged to have threatened a female victim with a firearm on June 12.

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