KETR NewsRoom

(2009-10-07) Texas State Board of Education candidate visits Commerce; Commerce joins elite group as "StormReady" community; Testimony ends in Hunt County murder trial; North Texas man receives prison time in local forgery case; More area school districts closing due to flu absences; Paris High School Assistant Principal receives honor; Sulphur Springs ISD receives major grant; Fire destroys home in Sulphur Springs; New director named for Paris Junior College-Greenville campus.

KETR Newscast 10-06-09

(2009-10-06) Testimony underway in Hunt County capitol murder case; Boles ISD closes with 15 percent of students sick; Trial set for later this month in Campbell aggravated assault case; Possible change of venue still pending in Hunt County Jail lawsuit; Sulphur Springs mother arrested for DWI with child inside vehicle; National Night Out even tonight throughout region.

KETR Newscast 10-05-09

(2009-10-05) Testimony begins today in Greenville murder trial; Woman arrested on more than a dozen felony counts of identity theft; Collin County man arrested in last week's Greenville bank robbery; Paris man sentenced in intoxication manslaughter case; Re-trial in Hopkins County murder case begins today.

KETR Newscast 9-29-09

(2009-09-29) Body of woman descovered in Hunt County; Bond reduced for Caddo Mills murder suspect; Bond reduction denied for Quilan man in alleged aggravated assault; Sulphur Springs restaurant owner still at-large in alleged arson case; Northeast Texas counties to benefit from federal stimulus funding toward energy conservation.

KETR Newscast 9-28-09

(2009-09-28) Jury selection in Hunt County murder trial set for Monday; Report finds more than 20 percent of area residents without health insurance; Possible change of venue in Hunt County Jail lawsuit; Owner of Sulphur Springs building acussed of being involved in arson case; Republican lawmakers to hold town hall meeting in Greenville tonight; Bonham ISD to hold forum to discuss November bond proposal.

KETR Newscast 9-24-09

(2009-09-24) Man charged with aggravated assault in hit and run incident in Commerce; Commerce Police arrest man suspected of sexual assault at Wal-Mart; Nov. trial date set for Campbell couple charged regarding meth lab; Greenville residents hear ESCO superfund update; Man released on bond after assaulting state trooper in Sulphur Springs; Students at Tyler High School to return to class one day after teacher is fatally stabbed.

KETR Newscast 9-16-09

(2009-09-16) Commerce City Council takes not action to discipline city manager; Commerce budget and tax rate not approved; Formal charge of murder in Caddo Mills; Still no bond reduction for Greenville murder suspect; Elderly Bonham woman still missing after two days.

KETR Newscast 9-15-09

(2009-09-15) Arrest made in Caddo Mills homicide; Commerce City Council to discuss possible discipline of city manager; Rabies case confirmed in Lamar County; 2-year-old Wood County boy killed after being run over by tractor; Legally blind woman killed by flood waters; A&M-Commerce, Commerce, Wolfe City and Bonham ISD's receive $1 million grant; Garland girl first in North Texas to die of swine flu.

KETR Newscast 9-09-09

(2009-09-09) Criticism made about new CISD sex offender policy that allows parent offenders to attend child's event; South Texas man going to prison after pleading guilty to Hunt County DWI charge; Greenville man facing prison time on multiple felony counts; Bonham ISD receives grant; Collin County bus driver fired after crashing bus with 16 students on board into house.

KETR Newscast 9-08-09

(2009-09-08) Three taken to area hospitals following Tuesday morning accident in Commerce; Collin County bus crashes into residence with children on board; Despite Tuesday accidents, holiday weekend proved pretty safe on area roadways; Greenville preparing for National Night Out; Local railroad traffic to be discussed in Wednesday meeting.

KETR Newscast 9-07-09

(2009-09-07) Local ISD's to provide viewing options of President Obama's speech; Public meetings set for Tuesday in Greenville on proposed budget and tax rate; Organizations to honor lives lost on September 11, 2001 this Friday; Greenville residents with a few days remaining during amnesty period before warrant round-up.

KETR Newscast 9-04-09

(2009-09-04) Services set for Wolfe City resident killed in accident; Greenville murder suspect appointed attorney; Commerce close to naming next parks and recreation director; More money now in the pipeline for GEUS; Area businesses, city offices closed Monday for Labor Day; DPS out in force over holiday weekend.

KETR Newscast 9-03-09

(2009-09-03) Services pending for Wolfe City resident killed in Tuesday wreck; Sulphur Springs ISD student infected with swine flu; Commerce Council moving forward with HW 11 utility relocation project; Commerce seeking Safe Routes to Schools grant to construct sidewalks; Hearing Thursday in Hunt County for money laundering; TxDot releases 100 most congested roads report; Hopkins County Hospital to hold 60 year anniversary celebration.

KETR Newscast 9-02-09

(2009-09-02) Pretrial hearing Wednesday in Hunt County murder case; Commerce Council takes no action on support of county waste collection center; Council tables curfew ordinance again; Burning tires to blame for highly visible fire in Hunt County Tuesday; Greenville Police arrest three in burglary; Fire in Cumby injures firefighter, heavily damages home; Kaufman County Sheriff's office offers reward in June hit-and-run.

KETR Newscast 9-01-09

(2009-09-01) Greenville murder suspect seeking bond reduction; Commerce and Sulphur Springs City Council to meet tonight; Secretary Gates visits Greenville's L-3 plant; GEUS may need $30 million more for new plant; Bonham ISD calls for $40 million bond election in Nov.

KETR Newscast 8-31-09

(2009-08-31) Commerce man indicted for aggravated assault; US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to visit Greenville Monday; Greenville Police to soon begin aggressive warrant round-up; Fisherman nearly drowns at Lake Tawakoni; More congestion coming to I-30 in Greenville; More appeals to TEA for school ratings this year.

KETR Newscast 8-26-09

(2009-08-26) New sex offender regulations at CISD allow parent sex offenders to attend school events; New academy to start in Sept. at A&M-Commerce; Greenville council approves ban on cell phones in school zones; Greenville road to close for maintenance; Failed drug transport through Hunt County lands South Texas man in prison; Hospital district keeps tax rate as is; Body of homeless man recently found in Paris indentified.

KETR Newscast 8-24-09

(2009-08-24) Investigation underway in south Hunt County fire that destroyed two homes; Construction projects nearing completion in Commerce; Greenville to vote for/against cell phone ban in school zones; Motorists asked to be aware of school zones as students return to class beginning today; Unemployment figures; Sulphur Springs council and school district to hold public hearing on tax rate.

KETR Newscast 8-21-09

(2009-08-21) Three kidnapped Commerce children returned home unharmed; Pedestrian-activated crosswalks at A&M-Commerce to be installed by mid-September; Irving woman remains jailed from Monday's theft from Commerce Wal-Mart; A couple people reportedly showing interest in operating Iowa-based Maid-Rite restaurant in Commerce; Quinlan man sentenced to prison for Campbell burglary; Hunt County Commissioners to revisit alcohol sales petitions Friday; Tax free weekend in Texas; Event in Sulphur Springs.

KETR Newscast 8-20-09

(2009-08-20) Three Commerce children reportedly kidnapped are returned home more than a day later; Sealed documents issued in Hunt County murder case; Molina's Mexican Cuisine in Commerce to reopen; Greenville ISD to lower tax rate; Sulphur Springs woman sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud; City of Commerce seeking new Parks and Recreation Director