CRIME & SAFETY

With Christmas packages hitting the door steps the thieves are out in force. We recommend that you have a secured place for the delivery drivers to put your packages . If you have no place to send your packages where they will be secure please feel free to have your items shipped to either Sheriff’s Office location. We will keep your packages in a secure room and you can retrieve them Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm free of charge.

An overnight fire in Bullard, Cherokee County, has left a house and two vehicles destroyed. Firefighters battled the blaze, believed to have started from an electrical issue in the garage. No injuries were reported, but water supply was a major concern.

CROCKETT, Texas (KETK) – An 89-year-old man was killed after officials said his 2013 Ford pickup truck hit a 2019 Freightliner semi-trailer on Monday. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Fred Gunn Jr., 89 of Kennard, was driving southwest on State Highway 21 around 10:25 a.m. When he was about seven miles northeast […]

Documents and records state Cherokee County Pct. 4 Constable Jamie Beene hit motorcyclist Jerry Stanfield with his service vehicle during a 2021 police chase.

In a CBS19 investigation, previously unknown details about a police chase involving a Cherokee County Constable have been revealed. The chase ended in a motorcycle crash, nearly costing a man's life. The constable was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon - his service vehicle.