An early afternoon fire left a family of nine homeless, according to Hughes Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jay Cates.
“The house burned about 2 p.m. Saturday,” Chief Cates said. “The family was out of town in Longview.
David Bunrick and his family were living in the old house that they have been remodeling. They lost everything they owned. Also several dogs and cats perished in the fire.”
Chief Cates said the cause of the fire was undetermined at this time.
Daingerfield City Council members expressed their disappointment and displeasure with the engineer, Freese and Nichols, regarding the downtown enhancement project. The council discussed the slow procedure of the engineers at its Feb. 10 meeting. Concern was expressed that the time element may put the city out of the timeline for receiving grant funds.
City Manager Carl Teel said he had recently heard from the engineers.
“I was recently notified by Freese and Nichols of some new twists and turns in matters related to this overall project,” Mr. Teel said. “I have included their email in your packets so that you can see what I am endeavoring to respond to in this regard.
An Omaha man pled guilty to injury to a child before Judge Robert Ralston in the 76th Judicial District in Morris County on Feb. 5. Albert Galves Rulloda, 51, received 10 years deferred probation, according to Morris County Attorney Steve Cowan.
Mr. Rulloda had been arrested in November 2013 and was charged with three counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child and two counts of indecency with a child. The plea of injury to a child was accepted with the dismissal of the other charges, Mr. Cowan said.
“Celebrating the History of Steel Country” is the theme of the Daingerfield Chamber of Commerce banquet that will be held on Saturday night at 6:30. The banquet will be held in the Daingerfield High School cafeteria and a steak dinner will be prepared and served by members of the Daingerfield Volunteer Fire Department.
Come and hear about the history of the steel industry from various people in our community, including a representative from US Steel.
Awards to be presented this year will be the Horizon Award, Lifetime Achievement, Woman of the Year, Volunteer Fireman of the Year, Educators of the Year, Community Service Award, Community Pride Award, Citizen of the Year, and Business of the Year.
Nominees for the Community Pride Award are Hawkins Family Restaurant, Brookshire’s Grocery and Daingerfield Country Club.
The eighth annual Avinger Area Chamber of Commerce awards banquet will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the McDaniel Building of the Avinger School. “Fiesta” is the theme.
The speaker for the event will be George Fite of Hughes Springs. Entertainment will be provided by the Fusion Dancers from Texas A&M-Commerce. A dinner of Mexican casserole, rice and refried beans, flan and cherros, a taco bar, guacamole, chips and salsa, ice tea and coffee will be served.
Classroom addition plans are taking shape as the Hughes Springs Independent School District board of trustees learned the building estimate for new elementary classrooms is $850,000 to $965,000. The board met Feb. 10.
Previously the board granted Superintendent Rick Ogden authority to hire a construction manager. “Weiland – Davco has been hired as the construction manager for the project,” Mr. Ogden said. “They have an estimate of what the project will cost. They will handle hiring contractors for each aspect of the construction. They will give us a final price next month on what the project will cost.
The Avinger Indians 2013-14 basketball team coached by Treston Dowell, from left, are Trevor Orange, Lucas Perez, Chiam Loyd, Lake Loyd, Dillon Barton, James Baggett, Eric Green, Jeremiaha Clark, James Adams, Desmond Chism, Alex Perry, Travis Gonzalez and Antonio Neal.
The Avinger Lady Indians coached by Kim Dowell, from left, are Aleisha Fort, Michelle Garrett, Rebecca Samples, Stephanie Garner, Jodie Gonzalez, Michelle Bolden, Audrey Byerly, Xzaisha Holloman and Jayden Grant.
