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Serving Malakoff, Cedar Creek Lake, and Henderson County
By Erik Walsh The News Staff MALAKOFF–Students at Malakoff Middle School found out that a little hard work and good presentation can be well rewarded. Students submitted a video about what makes Malakoff Middle School exceptional to the “Texas Public Schools Rock!” video contest. By early March, the video was floating around the Internet and
Nov
01
Posted by : | On : November 1, 2011
County Beat
By Michael V. Hannigan
ATHENS – The burn ban continues.
Henderson County Commissioners’ Court decided against lifting the burn ban Tuesday when a motion by Pct. 3 Commissioner Ronny Lawrence to end the ban died for a lack of a second.
The ban has been in effect continuously since April.
Henderson County Fire Marshal Darrell Furrh told commissioners the Keetch-Byram Drought Index had gone up over the past week
Oct
25
Posted by : | On : October 25, 2011
By Michael V. Hannigan
ATHENS – The burn ban in Henderson County remains in effect, but the end may be in sight.
Tuesday morning, Henderson County Fire Marshal Darrell Furrh told Commissioners’ Court the Keetch-Bynum Keetch-Byram Drought Index score in the county had dropped to 626, the lowest it has been in months. The index goes to a high of 800 and the county had been knocking on that ceiling for weeks prior to the recent rains.
Another good sign is that more rain is forecast for
Oct
19
Posted by : | On : October 19, 2011
Henderson County Fire Marshal Darrell Furrh announced today that the county caught another arsonist. Last week, he announced arrests and indictments for arson in connection with two unrelated fires.
This time, however, the suspect is just 10 years old.
According to Furrh, the boy has been charged as a juvenile and is accused of starting a grass fire on Aug. 7 in the Wildwood subdivision in Chandler.
Furrh said no major damage was caused by the fire, adding “we were very, very lucky.”
The same boy was suspected in two fires set in June 2010, but could not be charged as a juvenile because he was just 9 years old at the time.
Oct
13
Posted by : | On : October 13, 2011
From Staff Reports
Two separate arson investigations have resulted in arrests or indictments, according to information released this week by Henderson County Fire Marshal Darrell Furrh.
On Sept. 26, the Henderson County Grand Jury handed up indictments for Arson of a Habitat and Conspiracy to Commit Arson to James L. Woodson, Frieda Sue Price, and Betty Yvonne McCabe.
According to the press release from Furrh,
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