By Scott Harvey

Greenville – A traffic stop in Greenville leads to the arrest of 32-year-old Kendrick Dion Johnson, who was found in possession of illegal drugs in a drug free zone.

Johnson was also assessed additional charges of resisting arrest, search or transport and booked into the Hunt County Jail.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The Commerce ISD is encouraging citizens Thursday night to show their support for a district sidewalk grant.

The grant, if awarded, has a $750,000 maximum which would provide proper school accessibility for students, namely those at A.C. Williams and Commerce Elementary.

The new A.C. Williams Elementary School, located along Culver St., does not currently have any sidewalks in front of it leading to the campus.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The Commerce City Council has passed its 2009-2010 fiscal year budget and tax rate as presented, one week after voting 3-2 against it.

The $9.7 million budget was passed by a 3-1 margin, with Bob Monday voting against. Councilman Tony Henry was not present. A tax rate of 76 cents per $100 valuation was also approved by the same 3-1 tally.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The United States Army Band announced Monday they'll be performing a free concert on the square in Sulphur Springs on October 17.

The Washington DC-based Volunteers plays a variety of tunes including popular American music such as country, oldies, classic rock, rhythm and blues, and patriotic.

The public is invited to attend, which begins that afternoon at 2 p.m.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – Paris ISD faculty member Beth Dennis has recently been named to the Texas Education Agency Commissioner's Educator Leadership Council (ELC) for 2009-2010.

Dennis is a Teacher of the Year finalist serving the Paris ISD's Justiss Elementary School.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – Paris Police have made an arrest in connection to a reported car robbery last week.

Law enforcement Monday spotted and arrested 24-year-old Monty Ray Cornett after he and a white female left the Kroger's Store on Clarksville St.

Cornett is alleged to have been involved in last Thursday's robbery where two men took a man's car and wallet by force.

Cornett was booked without incident in the Lamar County Jail.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – There may be another case of swine flu in Hunt County. The family of a Caddo Mills high school student says she's been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu, although county health officials had not confirmed the case as of Tuesday morning.

Pam Andrews with the Hunt County Health Department says there has not been an increase in the number seasonal flu cases.

"What I said was we are getting a lot of positive A flu's, but no confirmed H1N1 as of the present month."

By Associated Press

North Texans spent a jittery night as savage thunderstorms packing hail and damaging winds tore through the region.

Winds gusting as high as 72 mph downed tree limbs and power lines in much of the region, mainly Dallas-Fort Worth.

The Greenville newspaper is reporting a delay in paper delivery today, after lightning knocked out power to its facility last night.

In Cleburne, gust of winds toppled a tractor-trailer rig in a parking lot. There were injuries, but none severe.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Residents of a Greenville community will learn more about an area superfund site. A public meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Fletcher Warren Civic Center regarding the former ESCO manufacturing plant in the Ardis Heights area.

In March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated it was hoping to obtain $15 million in stimulus funding for cleanup of the site.

By Scott Harvey

Rockwall – Several injuries were reported after a bus carrying six members of the Rockwall Heath High School swim team crashed into a pond yesterday.

20 people were on board at the time. All students and their coach had to climb out the sinking bus through an emergency exit.

The bus driver was reportedly non-responsive when emergency crews arrived at the scene and had to be pulled off the bus. He was in serious condition at last report. The swim team members have been released from hospital.