Hunt County, TX

The current edition of the Hunt County grand jury is set to meet this week for its final session and may be considering evidence in connection with a local man charged with murder in a fatal fire and a Delta County man arrested on multiple counts of intoxication manslaughter involving a fatal crash just south of Greenville.

The Hunt County Commissioners Court intends today to continue efforts toward major transportation improvement projects in the county. The commissioners are scheduled to proceed with the next step in the 2016 road bond package and to ask for some additional funding from the Texas Department Of Transportation during the meeting, set for 10 a.m. in the Auxiliary Courtroom, 2700 Johnson Street in Greenville. The session will be conducted via telephone and/or video conference and streamed at www.huntcounty.net/page/hunt.health_services.

The Hunt County Elections Commission is set to host a special session this week to possibly choose the county’s next Elections Administrator. Applications for the post were due by June 4 and the commission was originally scheduled to meet June 18 to interview the applicants and then meet again June 25 for the purpose of appointing a permanent Elections Administrator.

A Quinlan man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to multiple indictments. But the two most serious charges Ethan Lee Tidwell was facing, armed robbery and burglary, filed in connection with a series of incidents in the south end of the county in early 2020, were dismissed. Tidwell,...

Hunt County amateur radio organizations intend this weekend to test out the skills and equipment they would need in the event of a disaster, while reaching out to their counterparts across the world. The Sabine Valley Amateur Radio Association (SVARA) is scheduled to participate in the annual nationwide emergency communications...

A handful of men wearing green and white striped jumpsuits worked among the crosses and flags along the Audie Murphy Overpass in Greenville Thursday morning, doing some upkeep on the annual Greenville Flags project. They were closely monitored by jailers with the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Terry Jones...

Two years ago, Hunt County saw a record low unemployment rate for May, while 2020 brought a record high jobless total for the month. The report issued Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission revealed that while Hunt County’s unemployment rate is still relatively high, it continues to steadily improve. Hunt...

Two years ago today, severe thunderstorms passed through Greenville and Hunt County, causing major damage to multiple buildings downtown and elsewhere, including the Highland Terrace Baptist Church. A new church sanctuary to replace the previous facility is nearing completion.
While initially reported as one or more tornadoes, a survey team from...

Hunt County residents are being invited to learn more about the proposed implementation of an Emergency Services District for most of the county’s fire departments. A public hearing on the district, also referred to as an ESD, which would also involve the establishment of a tax rate connected to the district.

Hunt County officials are expected to meet this week to see who is interested in becoming the county’s next Elections Administrator. Applications were due by June 4 and the Hunt County Elections Commission is scheduled to convene Friday to interview the applicants and then meet again June 25 for the purpose of appointing a permanent Elections Administrator.

Two more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in Hunt County, as about one-third of the county’s population has received at least the first dose of a vaccine against the virus. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Monday that Hunt County had 5,245 confirmed COVID-19 cases, an increase...