(ROCKDALE)–EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 4TH
CITY AND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS BEGINS MONDAY.
ALL THREE ELECTIONS IN THE CITY COUNCIL ARE
CONTESTED. INCUMBENT MAYOR JOHN KING IS
CHALLENGED BY NEIL SWITKOWSKI. EAST WARD
INCUMBENT JOYCE DALLEY IS SEEKING HER 4TH TERM
AND IS OPPOSED BY MICHELLE LARKIN. NATHAN BLAND
IS SEEKING HIS 3RD TERM, OPPOSED BY BELINDA
HILLHOUSE. IN THE ROCKDALE SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTION, JILLIAN MCENTARFFER AND AMY OGEA
CASAS ARE SEEKING THE PLACE 3 SEAT ON THE BOARD,
VACATED BY FOUR TERM TRUSTEE MICHELLE LEMKUHL.
ROCKDALE VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE ON 2 CHARTER
AMENDMENTS. EARLY VOTING WILL BE MONDAY
THROUGH APRIL 26TH FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM, AND APRIL 29TH
AND 30TH FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM.
(CALDWELL)–A MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY IN A
CALDWELL-AREA CRASH. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
BY AUTHORITIES. 41 YEAR OLD LASTAG D. JOSEPH OF
MISSOURI CITY WAS KILLED FRIDAY NIGHT IN A CRASH
NORTH OF CALDWELL ON HIGHWAY 36.
(ROCKDALE)–A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT BY THE MILAM
COUNTY D-P-S OF A MOTORCYCLE ENDED WITH A CRASH NEAR
HERE IN ROCKDALE AND THE ARREST OF THE MOTORCYCLIST
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 30 YEAR OLD CURTIS CHAVIS WAS
CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST OR DETENTION WITH A
VEHICLE AND DRIVING VIOLATIONS. CHAVIS’ MOTORCYCLE
THEN CRASHED NEAR BELTON AND GREEN HERE IN
ROCKDALE. E-M-S CHECKED OVER CHAVIS, AND HE WAS
THEN TAKEN TO THE MILAM COUNTY JAIL.
(CAMERON)–THE MILAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COURT AGREED TO TAKE ACTION IN THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE REGARDING LITTER ON THE PROPERTY OF
RICHARD THRASHER ON THE EAST END OF ROCKDALE
DURING THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING
THIS (MONDAY) MORNING. ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY
KYLE NUTTALL SAYS THAT SINCE THE PROPERTY IS
LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 79, STATE LAWS EMPOWER THE
COUNTY TO TAKE ACTION BY SENDING A CERTIFIED
LETTER, AND IF HE TAKES NO ACTION IN RESPONSE, THE
COUNTY CAN TAKE ACTION TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY
THROUGH LIENS AND OTHER MEASURES.
(UNDATED)–THE COMPLETE AUTOPSY REPORT OF
A TEMPLE WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN OKLAHOMA REVEALED
SHE HAD A DIFFICULT, VIOLENT DEATH. THE OKLAHOMA
MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE LISTED THE CAUSE OF
DEATH OF 28 YEAR OLD JENNA SCOTT AS HOMICIDAL
VIOLENCE. SHE HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES INCLUDING
CONTUSIONS, BROKEN RIBS, INTERNAL BLEEDING AND
OTHER INJURIES. SCOTT AND HER FRIEND, 32 YEAR OLD
MICHAEL SWEARINGIN WERE FOUND BURIED IN A
SHALLOW GRAVE IN CLEARVIEW OKLAHOMA. 44 YEAR
OLD CEDRIC MARKS, SCOTT’S EX BOYFRIEND, HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS. 26 YEAR OLD MAYA
MAXWELL, MARK’S PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND, HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE FOR HELPING
MARKS IN THE MURDER CASE.
(UNDATED)–AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN INVOLVED
IN A 3 VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEST OF BUCKHOLTS ON
SEPT. 22ND, 2018 HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 3 TIMES THE
LEGAL LIMIT. 43 YEAR OLD SHARON ROSE ALFARO OF
HOUSTON WAS INDICTED THURSDAY BY A MILAM GRAND
JURY FOR INTOXICATION ASSAULT, A 3RD DEGREE
FELONY.
(CAMERON)–A SELMA MAN WAS SENTENCED TO
25 YEARS IN PRISON IN 20TH DISTRICT COURT THIS WEEK
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD. 27 YEAR OLD JAMES DION
FURLOW SUBMITTED THE GUILTY PLEA IN COURT.
AUTHORITIES SAID THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2016 IN
MILAM COUNTY.
