By Scott Harvey

Greenville – The City of Greenville names Jeremy Powell as its new Deputy Fire Chief, who will take over operations at the position beginning May 26.

Powell replaces former Deputy Doug Caison, who was recently appointed as Fire Chief for the city.

Powell began working for the Greenville Fire-Rescue Department in 2000, and through the years has served as a firefighter, paramedic and engineer.

By Scott Harvey

The Texas unemployment rate remained unchanged in April at 6.7 percent and continued to trend well below the national rate of 8.9 percent.

The numbers were released Thursday by the Texas Workforce Commission. The state's unemployment rate stood at 4.6 percent in April 2008.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – A local woman is arrested in Paris for allegedly attempting to obtain a drug prescription.

Following a brief investigation yesterday, police took 51-year-old Vicki Bruner, of Yantis, into custody. The crime occurred at around 5 p.m. Thursday at CVS Pharmacy in the 3700 block of Lamar Avenue. She was charged with trying to obtain a controlled substance/prescription by fraud, a third degree felony.

By Scott Harvey

KETR Newscast 5-22-09

Preliminary TAKS figures at Commerce ISD have administrators thinking positive; Greenville man gets prison time for robbery; Lone Oak man receives probation for hit and run incident; Memorial Day services and seatbelt enforcement over weekend; Lamar County youth offered summer jobs; New exhibit at Sam Rayburn museum in Bonham Saturday.

This Day in History: Friday, May 22, 2009.

This Day in History

This Day in History: Friday, May 22, 2009.

By Scott Harvey

Lamar, Red River County – Lamar and Red River County residents are encouraged to apply for employment through the Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas Summer Youth Program.

The program will take place from June 15 to August 21. Persons between the ages of 14 and 24 can apply for summer jobs in county and city government sites, non-profit organizations and public education institutions.

Participants will be paid up to $7.25 an hour. To schedule an appointment, contact the Workforce Solutions office in Paris at 903-784-4356.

By Brad Kellar

Lone Oak – A Hunt County man is placed on probation for a hit and run incident from last year.

Walker Dodson, of Lone Oak, left the scene of an accident which left two people seriously injured in March, 2008. On Wednesday, Dodson was placed on 10 years probation and was ordered to complete 600 hours of community service. He had previously pled guilty to the charge of failure to stop and render assistance. He was also ordered to cover any medical costs for one of the victims not covered by insurance.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A prison sentence is handed down in a Greenville armed robbery case.

Jason Eugene Stevenson was convicted Tuesday on one count of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Under a plea bargain arrangement, Stevenson was sentenced to seven years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division. He'll be eligible for parole after serving 3.5 years of prison time, considering he had no prior convictions.

By Brad Kellar

Hunt County – Memorial Day weekend brings events and office closings to the region.

A flag ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday by the American Legion Post No. 17 in Greenville, followed by a memorial service.

The VFW Post No. 4011 in Greenville will also host a flag ceremony at noon Monday. A Memorial Day service is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday in Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce, sponsored by the Captain Charles Croxall Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Commerce – Administrators and teachers at Commerce ISD are optimistic about preliminary results from this year's TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) testing which show significant increases, enough to move Commerce High School off the Texas Education Agency unacceptable rating list.