Brad Kellar

Reporter

Brad is a 1979 graduate of Lake Highlands High School, and attended Richland College in Dallas and East Texas State University. He’s been married since 1994 to his wife, Vida, and has three children; Nick, 21, Jaylynn, 12, and Jason, 5, and one granddaughter, Lauryn, 3. He’s a crazed fan of the Dallas Cowboys, the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, and the 2011 ALCS champ Texas Rangers.

As a journalist, Brad is a beat writer and go-to reporter for the Greenville Herald-Banner, as well as a log-time contributor to KETR News.

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Spring weather
8:38 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Showers, storms on way through NE Texas

Credit KETR

Thunderstorms are expected to cross the region early Wednesday morning and, while they are expected to be pretty strong, forecasters say severe weather is not likely in Northeast Texas.

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Hunt County
8:28 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Bond hearing delayed again

Credit KETR

It will be another week before a local woman whether her bond on a charge of murder in connection with the death of her infant son will be reduced.

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Hunt County
8:25 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Hearings set in jail-drug-ring case

Credit Hunt County Detention Center

Hearings are scheduled this week in state district court for a local man facing multiple state-level counts of drug dealing and endangering a child.

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Hunt County
8:23 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Advocacy center to receive vehicle fees

Credit KETR
Vehicle registration fees in Hunt County are allocated to help area children.

The Greenville City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on the transfer of fees to the Hunt County Children’s Advocacy Center.

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Hunt County
9:21 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Greenville YMCA, Campbell alcohol sales on ballot

Credit KETR
Hunt County voters go to polling places in about a month.

There is a lot on the line on the May 11 election ballots in Hunt County.

Greenville residents will be deciding the fate of a proposed YMCA/event center, millions of dollars in street and road repairs, dozens of proposed amendments to the City of Greenville Charter and who gets to sit in one of the City Council spots.

Voters in Campbell will be deciding whether to allow the sale of alcohol at local stores, as well as whether to increase the local sales tax.

And there are multiple city council and school board elections across the county.

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Rockwall County
4:56 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

Lewis moved to Rockwall jail

Credit Rockwall County Jail

A man charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Rockwall, has been moved from a hospital to the Rockwall County jail.

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Hunt County
7:39 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Jury selection begins in Brown case

Credit Hunt County Detention Center
Brown remains at the county jail.

The jury selection process began Wednesday in the trial of Micah Crofford Brown.

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City of Greenville
7:14 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Youth cerfew stays on books

Credit Greenville Police Department

The Greenville City Council has shown it intends to maintain the city’s juvenile curfew.

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City of Greenville
7:46 am
Wed March 27, 2013

Council approves zoning for Towne Center

Credit KETR
The development would include a Splash Kingdom water park along the interstate.

The Greenville City Council gave its approval Tuesday to plans to build a multi-use development along the Interstate 30 service road.

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Hunt County
7:48 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Sheriff: Copper thefts total $10K plus damages

Credit Hunt County Sheriff's Dept.

Three suspects have been charged in connection with thefts in the Union Valley area.

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