Venus man convicted of sexually abusing 2 young teenage girls

WAXAHACHIE – William Lawrence Davis II, 36, of Venus, has been sentenced to 50-years in prison.

Red Oak Lieutenant promoted to Assistant Police Chief

RED OAK – Red Oak Police Department Assistant Police Chief Marc Schroeder was promoted last month from Lieutenant to his new position.He has been employed with the Red Oak PD for 19 years. Prior to that, he was with the Lacy Lakeview PD making his law enforcement career a total of 24 years so far.

Wilmer swears in mayor, 2 new councilmembers

WILMER – Former Wilmer city councilmember Sergio Campos was on hand this evening at a special city council meeting to swear in 2 new councilmembers elected at the City Council and Independent School Board Trustee elections earlier this month.

Red Oak Park time capsule to be unearthed

RED OAK – A time capsule will be raised near the flagpole in Red Oak City Park this Thursday at 7 p.m.The capsule was scheduled to be unearthed in 2020, but with the pandemic beginning that same year, the capsule was one of those meetings you could not accomplish with a zoom call.

Transparency portal creates link between policing, community

RED OAK – Often programs initiated within city departments are not as successful as the model presented.

Appraisal review boards are required to follow rules

Texas has one property tax code that applies to all 254 counties and the 253 appraisal review boards (Potter and Randall Counties combine their efforts).In practice, many appraisal districts violate numerous sections of the Texas tax code including:1.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (May 19, 2022)

OPINION: The great baby formula shortage of 2022

That’s the big news story of the week.In the richest country in the world, new mothers are not able to find baby formula or are having to stand in line for hours to get it.

OPINION: The mass shooting lessons we just won’t learn

The shooting last weekend in Buffalo was a horrific tragedy.But we can expect that the media will turn it into a political circus.Just as we could have expected the NYC subway shooting to fade from the headlines.

SHORT CUTS (May 19, 2022)

“The left insists that the American people overwhelmingly support abortion. Well, if that’s true, then why are they so afraid of letting the people in the states have a say?