{"id":1461521,"date":"2025-11-28T15:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461521"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:04:03","slug":"smith-county-jp-will-run-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461521","title":{"rendered":"Smith County JP will run again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/download-2-199x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1461522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/download-2-199x200.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/download-2.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>SMITH COUNTY  \u2014 Smith County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Curtis Wulf has announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026. According to our news partner KETK, Judge Wulf leads one of the county\u2019s busiest justice courts, handling a caseload that includes traffic violations, civil matters, evictions and Class C criminal offenses. His duties also require him to remain available around the clock for inquests and support for law-enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith more than two decades of experience in the justice system\u2014including my earlier service as a peace officer\u2014I recognize the importance of a court that is both fair and firm,\u201d Wulf said. \u201cMy goal has always been to apply the law impartially, treat everyone with respect and help keep our community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his first term Wulf said his court built a strong reputation for professionalism and dependability, providing officers with timely judicial decisions, clear communication and consistent application of the law. He also said he\u2019s become known for setting appropriate bond amounts, particularly in cases involving violence or threats to public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY \u2014 Smith County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Curtis Wulf has announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026. According to our news partner KETK, Judge Wulf leads one of the county\u2019s busiest justice courts, handling a caseload that includes traffic violations, civil matters, evictions and Class C criminal offenses. His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461521\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County JP will run again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1461588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/download-2-199x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 07:50:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/download-2-199x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1461521"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461812,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461521\/revisions\/1461812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1461588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1461521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1461521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1461521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}