Barry News

North Beaton Church of Christ, 2725 N. Beaton St., will have a gospel meeting Nov.

From Staff Reports From reports released by the Corsicana Police Department and the Navarro County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday, Nov.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun At the home of Vernell Hatten, the yard buzzed like a bee hive Saturday, with rock music blaring from a pickup truck, a three-story scaffold against the front of the house, ladders along each side, and laughter, lots of laughter, coming from the 50 or so teenagers working on the project.

When protesters in Austin marched against the death penalty Saturday, they had a new face to put on their posters - Cameron Todd Willingham, a hulking unemployed mechanic with a history of bad behavior.

Charles Clemens, 17, of Barry, was driving at a high rate of speed east on Farm-to-Market Road 744 near Dresden when the accident happened around 2 a.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said.

Charles Clemens, 17, of Barry in Navarro County died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle accident on FM 744 about a mile-and-a-half south of Dresden.

For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun online newspaper, www.corsicanadailysun.com. Oct.

From reports released by the Navarro County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday, Oct.

Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday defended his removal of three commissioners looking into whether the state used bad science to execute an innocent man, suggesting too much was being made of his move.

From reports released by the Navarro County Sheriff's Department on Thursday, Oct.

Gov. Rick Perry was blasted Wednesday after he swept three appointees from their jobs just two days before they were set to critically examine a flawed arson investigation that contributed to the execution of a Corsicana man.

Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday removed three members from the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which was scheduled to meet Friday to review a report that concludes that faulty evidence led to the execution of a Central Texas man whose conviction Perry defended earlier this month.

For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun online newspaper, www.corsicanadailysun.com. Through Nov.

Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004. Mike Graczyk ASSOCIATED PRESS Cameron Todd Willingham's daughters died in a fire in their Corsicana home two days before Christmas in 1991.

The Texas Forensic Science Commission will review an independent report next week that concludes that the arson investigation that led to the execution of a Corsicana man for setting a fire in 1991 that killed his three daughters was poorly conducted and couldn't be supported by fire science or investigative standards.

Sept. 25 Kerens Kiwanis Club will have its annual homecoming hamburger supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kerens Alumni Center in downtown Kerens.

From Staff Reports From reports released by the Corsicana Police Department and the Navarro County Sheriff's Department on Thursday, Sept.

The undeniable facts of the Cameron Todd Willingham case are these: * On Dec. 23, 1991, 2-year-old Amber Louise Kuykendall, and 1-year-old twins Karmon Diane Willingham and Kameron Marie Willingham died in a mid-morning house fire at 1213 W. 11th Ave.

Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004 for starting a house fire in Corsicana 13 years earlier that killed his three young daughters.

Two days before Christmas in 1991, the Corsicana home of Cameron Willingham, a down-on-his-luck ex-convict and sometime auto mechanic, mysteriously burst into flames, incinerating the front portion of the residence and killing his three young children.