By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The board overseeing a tax zone in Greenville receive some extra help.

Members of the city's tax increment reinvestment zone Monday approved to retain the firm of Hawes Hill and Calderon to assist them in their quest of attracting economic development to Greenville.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A Greenville murder trial is now underway.

26-year-old Andreas Tearri Morris, of Greenville, is charged with murder in connection to the shooting death of 18 year-old Cordarien Marquel Kelly, also of Greenville, in July 2007.

By Scott Harvey

Sulphur Springs – An accused murderer from Sulphur Springs has been moved from the Hopkins County jail and taken to a state mental hospital.

Additional details as to why 34-year-old Jerry Chadwick Clayton was recently transported to the facility were not given. Efforts to reach lead investigator in the case Lieutenant Rusty Stillwagner were unsuccessful.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – About 150 protestors showed up Monday in Paris to express their anger of the dismissal of murder charges against two white men accused of fatally killing a black man.

Protestors staged the rally outside the Lamar County Courthouse. Members of the Nation of Islam and the New Black Panther Party were among the participants, who said they wanted to show their anger at a pattern of unequal justice for whites and blacks in Paris.

This Day in History: Monday, June 8, 2009.

This Day in History: Monday, June 8, 2009.

President Emeritus and Professor of History at Texas A&M University - Commerce, Dr. Keith McFarland, shares his understanding of D-Day.

By Jerrod Knight

Commerce, TX – President Emeritus and Professor of History at Texas A&M University - Commerce, Dr. Keith McFarland, shares his understanding of D-Day.

By Scott Harvey

Two arrested and one pepper sprayed following Commerce shooting; Murder trial again set in Hunt County; Wolfe City to discuss alcohol sales options; Hunt County Sheriff's office makes more illegal gambling busts; Protests planned Monday in Paris for murder suspects' release from jail

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – Two men are arrested, one of which is pepper sprayed, after gunshots were reportedly fired in Commerce on Sunday.

Dontae Crosby and Robert Fields were transported to the Commerce Police Department before begin taken to the Hunt County Jail.

By Jerrod Knight

Commerce, TX – The Rangers win over Boston; TCU and Texas square off in college baseball; we've got an NBA finals update; Tiger wins the Memorial; Cowboys in the final week of OTA's; and Helio Castraneves wins at TMS; Greenville courting the idea of a minor-league baseball team.

By Scott Harvey

Wolfe City – The Wolfe City City Council is scheduled to discuss the issue of alcohol sales at local merchants when it meets Monday night.

The council reportedly considered putting the item on the May 9 ballot, but could not meet certain deadlines. Like many other cities, alcohol sales would help boost sales revenue.

No petitions regarding the issue have yet circulated, but if enough signatures were received and the petitions approved by Hunt County, the item would be placed on the November 3 ballot.