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MARSHALL — Two Longview woman have been arrested in a Harrison County murder-for hire plot. They are said to be involved in a plot to kill Hallsville police officer Jason Smith for his insurance policy. Amanda Denise Smith (pictured) and Sydney Brook Sides have been arrested on charges of solicitation to commit capital murder. The officer had filled for divorce from Amanda two months ago.

A Texas Ranger and a state trooper, acting undercover, are said to have met with the women at a Longview park last week. The meeting was arranged following a informant’s tip. He said he was offered $5,000 to kill Smith’s estranged husband. The woman are said to have told the potential hit man that Jason Smith must be killed before May 14th, when the divorce became final. After that date Amanda Smith would no longer be the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.

The two women remain in the Harrison County Jail. Bond on each is $200,000.

TROUP — A one vehicle accident near Troup has killed a Cherokee County teenager. Killed in the wreck, just before 10:30 Sunday night, was Marcos Antonio Lopez, 19, of Jacksonville. The Department of Public Safety reports his car was southbound when he ran off the road and overcorrected, and then hit several trees. The accident occurred on County Road 2177 near County Road 2180.

JACKSONVILLE — According to KETK, due to conditions which have occurred recently in the water system, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the system, (Craft-Turney Water Supply) to notify all the customers involved in the repair area to boil their water prior to consumption.

The area included in this boil water notice:

Not including but from CR 3135 (Dogwood Circle) off of CR 3108 (Southshore Drive) going back towards the Lake Jacksonville dam on CR 3108 to CR 3111 (Anticoh Road), including all of CR 3111 and all of CR 3113 (Summit Drive), and including the area on fm 747 south from the intersection of 3111 down to 3205.

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making should be boiled and cooled prior to consumption. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source. When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, water system officials will notify you.

CENTRAL (AP) – An East Texas teenager’s prom has led to an unexpected evening with the sailor she plans to marry this fall. Savannah Anthony of Central thought 20-year-old Connor Burleson was out of state during her school prom Saturday night in Nacogdoches. The couple met four years ago at church. Burleson joined the Navy in 2011 and is training in Ballston Spa, N.Y. Anthony and Burleson hadn’t seen each other since January when he proposed. Family and friends arranged for Burleson to surprise Anthony at the dance, where the 17-year-old senior was named prom queen. Anthony said Monday that she had no idea her fiance would be at the prom and he made the whole night amazing. The two plan to marry Nov. 30.

LUFKIN — A Lufkin man is arrested after being found screaming in the roadway, according to police. KETK reports that Sunday morning at 12:30, police were called to the 900 block of Williams Street for a disturbance. The man they found is identified as Josiah Phipps, 35. Phipps was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication. He was taken to the Angelina County Jail, and his bond was set at $1,000.

TYLER — Here’s a quick look at other work planned in the Tyler District of the Texas Department of Transportation.

LONGVIEW – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to perform fog seal operations in various locations on Spur 502 (Judson Road) between U.S. Highway 259 north of Longview and Spring Hill Road, just north of Loop 281. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers and pilot vehicles will control traffic in two-lane areas. Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes if possible to avoid the long delays associated with fog seal work.

HENDERSON – Texas Department of Transportation contract crews this week are scheduled to resume mill-and-inlay operations on the Henderson Square, which halted unexpectedly last week because of equipment failure and inclement weather. Crews will continue removing the old pavement in the work area and replacing it with fresh hot mix, after which, weather-permitting, they will stripe the area before activating the new traffic signals. In addition to providing a brand-new driving surface, the pavement-repair work obliterates the old roadway striping that would not have been compatible with the new signals.

Also this week in Rusk County, TxDOT maintenance crews are scheduled to continue resurfacing operations on Farm Road 782 between Farm Road 1716 in Oak Hill and State Highway 149 near the Gregg County Line. Elsewhere, TxDOT maintenance crews are scheduled to continue edge work on U.S. Highway 259 between the south end of the Kilgore Bypass and Farm Road 850. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress. Motorists are encouraged to be prepared to reduce speed and merge in and around the work zones.

VAN ZANDT COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation contract crews this week are scheduled to resume mill-and-inlay operations on State Highway 19 in Canton between Interstate Highway 20 and State Highway 64. The work should last most of the week, weather permitting. Once that work is complete, the crew is scheduled to move to perform the same work at the IH 20/SH 64 interchange west of Canton.

Elsewhere in Van Zandt County, TxDOT maintenance crews this week are scheduled to conclude mill-and-inlay operations on U.S. Highway 80 in and around Grand Saline by Wednesday. A second crew is scheduled to begin deep-base repair work on Farm Road 1651 between Farm Road 47 and State Highway 198 southwest of Canton. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress. Motorists are encouraged to be prepared to reduce speed and merge in and around the work zone.

NEW SUMMERFIELD – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to continue base and pavement repairs in various locations on State Highway 110 north of New Summerfield. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

ANDERSON COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to continue resurfacing operations on Farm Road 1137, between U.S. Highway 84 east of Palestine and the end of state maintenance. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

SMITH COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to conclude resurfacing operations on Farm Road 2661 west of Tyler, between the railroad crossing south of State Highway 31 and Big Eddy Road. A second crew is scheduled to perform spot-resurfacing operations on Farm Road 2710 east of Lindale between Farm Road 16 and Farm Road 14. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

WOOD COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to make pavement and edge repairs in various locations on Farm Road 2966 in Yantis. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

HENDERSON COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews on Wednesday this week are scheduled to conclude pavement-repair operations on U.S. Highway 175 between SE Loop 7 in Athens and Farm Road 804. The work is being done in preparation for a seal coat application later this summer. Once the work is complete on US 175, crews are scheduled to move to Farm Road 1667 south of Trinidad. A second crew is scheduled to perform ditch maintenance at the intersections of State Highway 31 and Farm Road 3204 east of Brownsboro. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

PARIS (AP) — Ninety-year-old Texas Congressman Ralph Hall, whose district use to cover Smith County, says he’s planning to run for another term next year, extending his tenure as the House’s oldest member. The Rockwall Republican first was elected in 1980, as a Democrat. He switched to the GOP in 2004. The Paris News reported Hall made his announcement official last week, a few days after his birthday on May 3.

Hall tells The Dallas Morning News he still runs two miles almost daily and is surprised by his good health, doesn’t understand it but likes it. He says a decline in his health would make him consider retirement.He says job creation and federal deficit reduction are his top priorities.

LONGVIEW – This week, Dundee Road will be under street overlay construction from Gilmer Road (State Highway 300) to Pine Tree Road (Farm Road 1845). Traffic will be delayed and detoured during the overlay work. Street work will continue on Dundee through the week. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes.

PALESTINE — An Anderson County jury deliberated around half an hour before finding Noble Lee Barrett Jr. guilty of the murder of his wife. The panel deliberated less than 10 minutes on Friday before sentencing the 54 year old Montalba man to 99 years in prison and fined him $10,000. He had been charged with killing his wife of less than a year at their home in December, 2011.

GILMER — Upshur County Commissioners have scheduled an emergency meeting Monday morning to tackle a possible budget deficit. County Judge Dean Fowler told the Longview News-Journal he was told by the county auditor that, on its current course, at the end of the county’s fiscal year there will be a budget deficit of $995,000. Fowler says he will propose Monday to cut about $250,000 throughout all departments and about $800,000 from the Road and Bridge Department for the remainder of the fiscal year.

AUSTIN — House Bill 1382 by Representative David Simpson of Longview passed third reading in the Texas House with unanimous support. Dubbed the “Farmers’ Market Sampling Bill,” it is part of a series of bills by members of the Texas House Farm-to-Table Caucus supporting local foods.

Currently, regulations for sampling at farmers’ markets across the state lack consistency and vary in complexity. Regulations meant for commercial establishments are enforced on and pose unnecessary hurdles for farmers and producers at farmers’ markets.

“Today the House took a positive step toward a more common sense approach to farmers’ markets that increases freedom for our citizens and small businesses,” said Representative Simpson. “By lifting unnecessary burdens off the backs of our farmers, I am hopeful that this bill will encourage a robust local foods movement and increase access to healthy food sources.”

HB 1382 simplifies and standardizes these procedures, making them practical in an outdoor venue. This bill provides consistency and simplicity to cooking demonstrations at farmers’ markets and eliminates some fees to encourage participation from both the producer and consumer.

AUSTIN (AP) — A legally blind 15-year-old pole vaulter cleared three heights at the Texas state championship but failed to win a medal.

Charlotte Brown of rural Emory Rains High School was one of the top qualifiers in girls’ Class 3A with a height of 11 feet, 6 inches. Her best vault of Saturday’s final was 10-6 and she missed on three chances at 11-0.

Brown was born with normal vision but developed problems while an infant. She has no depth perception, sees no color and cannot distinguish shapes. Her range of vision is similar to looking through a tiny straw. She reads Braille and will get a seeing eye dog next month.

Brown, a sophomore, says she’s honored to compete at the state meet and promises to return.

TROUP — A Tyler woman has been airlifted to Tyler’s East Texas Medical Center after a train and her car collided in Troup. Injured was Cynthia Strandberg, 36. She is listed in critical condition. The Friday afternoon accident happened on North Georgia Street and Colle Street. It appears as if her car drove around the crossing arms before being it. The train pushed the car about a half a mile down the tracks.

JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville ISD administrators at West Side Elementary enacted a shelter in place Friday morning when gunshots were reportedly heard somewhere in the surrounding vicinity of the school. KETK reports JISD administrators contacted authorities who responded and are currently investigating the origin of the disturbance. No JISD students were in any danger, but administrators enacted the shelter in place as a precautionary measure until authorities were on the scene, according to school officials. By late morning, the shelter in place had been removed, and students at West Side Elementary were back on their normal schedule.

According to JISD officials, “The safety of our students and staff is our primary concern at JISD, and we appreciate the cooperation and quick response of our school staff and city police departments in investigating this matter.”

EAST TEXAS — A number of items have been decided as East Texans headed to the polls Saturday. The most prominent in Smith County, a bond election in Tyler ISD, which voters have approved. The final unofficial tally shows For: 5,459 Against: 3,250. Following passage of the bond proposal, school superintendent Gary Mooring issued the following statement:

“On behalf of the Tyler Independent School District and the Board of Trustees, I want to thank the community for supporting the $160.5 million bond election. Because of you, thousands of children in the District will soon receive their education in safe schools that are designed to support 21st century learning.”

Over the next two years, Tyler ISD will build a state-of-the-art Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center that will serve students from both John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools; a new middle school in the southwest quadrant of Tyler; a new middle school at the current Boulter Middle School site; a new middle school at the current Moore MST Magnet School site; and remodel and additions to Rice and Dixie elementary schools. These facilities are all scheduled to be complete by August 2015.,

With input from the community, the Tyler ISD Board of Trustees carefully designed a bond package that would fulfill a commitment to finish renovations at our elementary campuses and begin addressing our secondary campuses. The six projects included in the bond will help us move forward with the District’s Long Range Plan.,

By the year 2020 we expect to have an additional 2,500 students, bringing our total student population to more than 20,000. At this point, the areas of the Long Range Plan that have not been addressed are John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools, as well as transitioning to a 5th-6th intermediate school and 7th-8th middle school configuration.

JoAnn Fleming represents Grassroots America – We the People and the “No More Excuses, Tyler ISD!” Coalition, two groups that opposed the bond. Fleming told KTBB, “Even though the bond election passed, our message has not changed. When Tyler ISD is compared to all Texas public schools, 80% cent of our Tyler campuses fall in the lower half of academic results. Every day our community turns a blind eye to these poor academic results for our Tyler schools is a day that the future for these kids grows dimmer. Our message will not change. We’re going to continue to insist that our school board and our administration work harder and come up with a better plan to produce higher academic results for all of our Tyler schools.”

Elsewhere in the county, the only proposition on the Whitehouse ballot would allow beer and wine to be sold in grocery and convenience stores. That measure has passed. For: 503 Against 478.

Longview voters have approved a proposition that pertains to legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption. Voters approved grocery and convenience stores in the historically dry areas of west and north Longview being able to sell beer and wine, but not hard liquor. That, and the other propositions on the ballot passed.
Off Premise beer/wine sales For: 2,018 Against 1,180
Proposition 2-Shall the City Charter be amended so that it requires a one hundred dollar ($100) filing fee or a petition for candidacy in lieu of a filing fee? For: 2,325 Against: 701
Proposition 3-Shall the City Charter be amended to provide for a twelve (12) month residency requirement of the Mayor and members of the City Council? For: 2,914 Against: 189.

TYLER – Thanks to what’s termed quick collaboration between The Smith County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation and Patrol Divisions, a suspect is in custody related to the theft of truck parts, forklift accessories, and other metal items. The materials, said to be worth several hundred dollars, were taken on April 27. Craig Andrew Hawkins, 30, was arrested on May 8 and charged with the theft at Transport Services, located at 2887 Highway 271.

Detective Ron Rathbun investigated the theft on April 29 and obtained surveillance video from the location. The video captured two unknown white males and a vehicle. Photos of the vehicle were distributed to the SCSO Patrol Division. During the early morning hours of May 3, the vehicle was located at a mobile home park on Highway 64 West by Deputy Justin Redding. Redding contacted Detective Rathbun, who, with another detective from the Sheriff’s Office, later made contact and spoke to the vehicle owner, Hawkins, a former employee of Transport Services. According to officials, Hawkins admitted that he was one of the individuals who took the items and sold them for scrap. He was arrested and booked in to the Smith County Jail. An arrest warrant is pending for the other suspect.

GLADEWATER — Gladewater police have arrested a Kilgore man for online solicitation of a minor. Arrested was Shawn Christian Glidden, 40. Police say a parent contacted them about a man who they knew from church. It was said that he had tried to contact their daughter by way of Facebook with with some inappropriate comments and requests. A detective, playing the role of a 13 year old girl, took the man’s phone call and agreed to meet the man in a restaurant parking lot for sexual intercourse. When the suspect arrived at the restaurant, he was taken into custody. Gliden’s bond has been set at $75,000.

UNION GROVE — A home being used by the Union Grove School District has been destroyed by fire. The building was being used as the district’s Information Technology Department. No injuries were reported in the fire that was reported around 7:00 Thursday night. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. School officials say it may he been started by lightning from some of the storms in the area.

EAST TEXAS — It spring graduation time at colleges and universities in east Texas. Tyler Junior College will hold commencement ceremonies at 10:00am, 2:00pm and 6:00pm today in Wagstaff Gymnasium, recognizing 909 candidates for graduation for the Spring 2013 semester. Graduates in the TJC School of Nursing and Health Sciences will be recognized at 10:00; the TJC School of Engineering, Math and Science and the TJC School of Humanities, Communications and Fine Arts will be recognized in the 2:00 o’clock ceremony; and the 6:00pm ceremony will recognize graduates in the TJC School of Professional and Technical Programs.

Kilgore College will host two spring graduation ceremonies today with the possibility of awarding 580 degrees and certificates. The two graduation ceremonies are set for 5:30 and 8:00pm in Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore campus. The 5:30pm ceremony will include students receiving Associate of Applied Science and Certificates of Completion. At 8:00pm, Associate of Arts, Associate of Arts in Teaching and Associate of Science degrees will be awarded.

LONGVIEW — Officials say an hours-long standoff at a Longview home ended late Thursday afternoon after the person inside the home, Candace Jackson, 38, was shot and killed. That happened after police deployed tear gas. At that time Jackson exited the house with a weapon and fired several more rounds in the direction of the police. The officers returned the fire. Jackson was rushed to Good Shepherd Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.

The house where the standoff took place is on the 2000 block of Eden. The incident started out as a welfare check that was being handled by a Longview Police sergeant. The call came in at 1:18 Thursday afternoon. Police did not believe that there were any hostages inside the house. However, there were an unknown amount of weapons inside. According to officials, the woman was in her house with multiple weapons. The Longview News-Journal said officers were fired upon from the home.

Police evacuated people in the surrounding neighborhood of the standoff. There were dozens of Police officers and SWAT on scene. During the ordeal, some residents who could not get to their homes due to the standoff situation were waiting at a nearby convenience store. Longview ISD officials said some bus routes were affected. KETK reports those impacted were the students coming from JL Everhart Elementary and Forest Park Middle School. The buses already running returned to campus. Parents were notified by the school district’s mass contact call system, and they told they could pick up their children at the schools. Additionally, streets in the area were blocked off while the situation continued. The case remains under investigation by the Texas Rangers.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches woman has had additional charges filed against her after allegedly assaulting a jailer at the Nacogdoches County Jail. According to KETK, Sheriff Jason Bridges stated that the Nacogdoches Police Dept. arrested Dominique Macon on a misdemeanor warrant charge and she was transported to the jail. A female jailer searched Macon and found a bottle that officers believed contained the drug PCP hidden inside of Macon’s pants. Macon started fighting with the jailer and was able to throw the liquid substance inside the bottle onto the jailer, according to authorities. Officials say the liquid substance struck the jailer in the face and went into her eyes and mouth. Macon was quickly subdued without further incident, according to officials.

The jailer was taken to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and later released. Charges have been filed against Macon, 21, for assault on a public servant, tampering with physical evidence, and having a prohibited substance in a correctional facility.

TYLER – Crimestoppers is now offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for some recent crimes. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek the public’s help in the recent theft of almost $10,000 worth of diesel fuel and other items from three locations in South Tyler and Southern Smith County.

During the overnight hours of April 22-23, a male suspect was caught on security video at Trendsetter Recycling, at 15580 County Road 164, where some 250 gallons of diesel fuel was taken. The same man is suspected of burglarizing Compton Roll Off, at 15692 Farm Road 2493, where about 30 gallons of diesel fuel was taken and a company truck was broken into and tools were stolen. A third location was also robbed and is being investigated by the Tyler Police Department. Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect or the burglaries is asked to call Sheriff’s Detective Aaron Hinton at 903-590-2698.

CANTON — The man jailed in Canton for the murder of his niece and the dumping of her body made several claims in saying he is not guilty, during an exclusive interview with reporter L.P. Phillips. The defendant says he loved 16-year-old Alicia Moore and wanted to help her, claiming, “She was addicted to sex.” In a jailhouse interview, Moore said he has been through this before, claiming he was a suspect in a California murder — a case in which he claims another man was ultimately convicted. Moore says local police zeroed in on him from the beginning, and he “wasn’t surprised when they came.” Moore also claims to have an alibi. He says he was in Grand Prairie with his dad the day Alicia disappeared. Officials say DNA links Moore to the murder; Moore claims if that’s their evidence it was planted.

Meanwhile, officials in Greenville and Van Zandt County issued a joint statement saying their investigation is still ongoing, adding, “we anticipate the discovery of additional evidence that will further implicate Michael Vincent Moore. They also say, “until we conclude our investigation, we will continue to restrict the release of sensitive information in this case…While we would like to share more information at this time, doing so could compromise our investigation and jeopardize a subsequent prosecution.” Moore, 57, of Grand Prairie, was arrested at his home exactly six months after the teenager’s body was discovered last fall. He’s held on $10 million bond, charged with capital murder. The girl was last seen in Greenville, and her body was found in Van Zandt County.

TYLER — As part of the Tyler 1st comprehensive planning process, the City of Tyler is seeking input from residents about the future of Historic Preservation in the community. Residents may provide input in two ways:
· By going to http://www.Tyler1st.org to take a quick survey.
· At a Public Open House from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Gallery Main Street, 110 W. Erwin St.

According to officials, the purpose of the survey and public open house is to seek citizen input on the importance and quality of Historic Preservation. City officials say they’ll analyze the input and incorporate the citizen feedback into their decision process during the Tyler 1st Comprehensive Plan update. “The Steering Committee has already reviewed Vision, Principles, Parks, Open Space, Lakes and Transportation elements of the plan,” said City Planner Heather Nick. “Getting citizen input is critical to ensuring the plan reflects the vision of the entire community.” Tyler 1st was originally known as Tyler 21. Visit the link above for more information.

NACOGDOCHES — There’s a laundry list of charges against a Nacogdoches couple. Jodie Strahan, 26, and Norman McDonald, 47, are charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, and abandonment of a child. Nacogdoches police tell KETK the couple dropped a baby off Tuesday night in the Melrose community. Straham claimed she couldn’t raise the baby any longer, so she handed the baby over to a resident there. The baby was then taken to a local hospital. Authorities eventually tracked down the couple and arrested them.

NACOGDOCHES (AP) – An East Texas man convicted of using a machete to attack people after breaking into their homes has been sentenced to 75 years in prison. A jury in Nacogdoches sentenced Nijinksi Tywon Murphy, 36, over last July’s attacks that injured five people. The Nacogdoches man was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of burglary. Investigators say Murphy used a machete to attack people after going door to door in a neighborhood. Murphy testified he heard voices telling him the people he attacked were going to kill him. Records show Murphy has previous convictions for aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct, theft, criminal mischief and burglary.

LONGVIEW — A Longview woman who failed to show at a Monday sentencing, has been arrested. Rachel Elaine Bradley, 40, has been arrested in Upshur County. Wednesday, Bradley was booked into the Gregg County Jail on four counts of bond forfeiture.

Bradley failed to appear at a hearing for her role in the December 2011 burglary of a storage unit containing Christmas gifts meant for area foster children. According to KETK, Rachel Elaine Bradley, 40, was scheduled to appear Monday afternoon in the 124th District Court to be sentenced by Judge Alfonso Charles.

Bradley’s attorney, Joe Black, told Charles his client was on her way to the hospital with chest pains. When the judge asked Black to which hospital Bradley was going, he said he did not know because her mother was taking her. When court was adjourned, the Longview Police Department issued warrants for Bradley’s arrest on three counts of bond forfeiture.

Bradley pleaded guilty April 4, to theft, burglary of a building, burglary of a habitation and possession of a controlled substance, according to the Gregg County District Attorney’s office. Officials with the Harrison County sheriff’s office have also named Bradley as one of two suspects in the theft of 59 manholes covers from Longview business parks, which were reported between April 20 and 23.

Police said Bradley, along with Sarah Marie Adams, 47, of Gilmer broke into the unit at Home Climate Storage in where they stole about $20,000 worth of Christmas gifts that belonged to the Gregg County Child Welfare Board.

TYLER — The Tyler City Council adopted a resolution initiating annexation proceedings for land located north of the northeast intersection of Spur 248 and County Road 272, authorizing creation of a service plan, and setting the dates, times and places for the two required public hearings to consider the annexation.

“This land is part of The Reserve Apartment Complex. The owner has asked for this remaining portion of the complex to be brought into the city limits,” said City Planner Heather Nick. “This would help address public safety concerns.”

According to State law, it is necessary to conduct two separate public hearings to consider the proposed approximately 2.13 acres lying adjacent to the present boundary limits of the City of Tyler. The City Council will conduct the first public hearing at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting to be held on May 22 at 9 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. The City Council will then hold a second public hearing at a Special Called City Council meeting to be held on June 5, at 9 a.m. in the City Council Chambers.

The Service Plan will be available for review in the Planning Department prior to the first public hearing. Final consideration of the Annexation Ordinance for the proposed annexation area would be considered by the City Council at its regularly scheduled City Council meeting on June 26.

JACKSONVILLE — A former ETMC-Jacksonville doctor who was discovered intoxicated and in possession of a shotgun in the hospital’s parking lot Wednesday morning was arrested and taken into custody by police, authorities said. Laurence William Cunningham, 57, a Jacksonville resident, is a pulmonary disease specialist, according to the Texas Medical Board website. According to KETK and the Jacksonville Daily Progress, Jacksonville Police Chief Reece Daniel said Cunningham was fired a day earlier after he is alleged to have made threats against another doctor of Middle Eastern descent. “The report says he thought the other doctor was happy about 9/11 and the Boston bombings and he didn’t like it,” Daniel said. “ … We are charging him with public intoxication and making terroristic threats.”

According to his TMB profile, Cunningham was convicted of Driving While Intoxicated in Tyler in November 2001. The doctor also was fined $500 by TMB in February 2008 for failing to correct inaccurate information in his correspondence and advertisements, the website shows. Cunningham was expected to spend the night in jail and be arraigned Thursday morning, the chief said. “That’s about the extent of what I can release at the moment,” Daniel said Wednesday afternoon. A spokeswoman for ETMC-Jacksonville declined to comment Wednesday afternoon.

GREGG COUNTY — Officials have identified the man killed in a wreck in Clarksville City as Jason Bradly Slaughter, 36, of Kaufman. According to KETK, the incident happened around 6:45 Wednesday morning when a White Oak police officer pulled a car over. Slaughter was said to be acting suspiciously when he took off. He eventually lost control of his vehicle at the intersection of Old Longview Highway (Highway 80) and Texas Street in Clarksville City. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found what they believe to be meth in his car.