Corsicana News

By Deanna Brown Daily Sun Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, a day set aside to honor the service men and women who sacrificed for our country, for our freedom, will be even more poignant in light of the recent tragedy at Ft.

A group of citizens hoping to help preserve jobs and help Corsicana be perceived as "business friendly" held its first meeting Monday at the Corsicana Public Library.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun Volunteers with the Festival of Lights are going to host the Corsicana Christmas parade and the lights in Community Park this year, according to both the city and Festival representatives.

With tears in her eyes, Corsicana resident Mary White told the city council Tuesday about her 13-year-old Chihuahua, Butch, who was killed by two loose dogs in her yard in mid-October. "I want the loss of what I suffered on Saturday, Oct.

Released by Assistant Chief of Police Ladena Baggett with the Corsicana PD: On October 20, 2009, at approximately 6:35 p.m. officers from the Corsicana Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at the apartments at 685 S. 42nd Street, near the campus of Navarro College.

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.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun With hundreds of associates in attendance, Wal-Mart celebrated its grand re-opening early Wednesday morning with cheers, music, speeches and checks for several local organizations, including $5,000 for the Navarro County Food Pantry.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun Seasonal fun is scheduled throughout the area with both Halloween and fall events featured.

Corsicana officials are questioning the Texas Forensic Science Commission's inquiry into the arson investigation that led to the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, saying the 4-year-old panel lacks the jurisdiction to the delve into the 1991 house fire that killed Willingham's three children.

Convinced that an innocent Central Texas man was executed in 2004, death penalty opponents rallied Saturday at the Texas Capitol to call for a moratorium on capital punishment and to highlight the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham.

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.

Death penalty opponents, convinced an innocent man was executed in 2004, staged a rally Saturday at the Texas Capitol to call for a moratorium on capital punishment and to highlight the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham.

The case of a Corsicana man executed in 2004 for arson murder will be at the center of an anti-death penalty rally today at the Texas Capitol.

At a glance, the wood-frame house on West 11th Street looks as if it's still recovering from the Dec.

It was curiosity that led Liz Gilbert to Cameron Todd Willingham. Ten years ago the death penalty opponent befriended him as a pen pal.

By Bob Belcher Daily Sun Corsicana Police are continuing their investigation into a Tuesday night shooting at an apartment complex on South 42nd Street that left a 21-year-old Navarro College student hospitalized suffering from gunshot wounds.

Corsicana police say a Navarro College student is in critical condition after being shot multiple times during a robbery at an apartment complex near campus.

Last week spokesman Mark Miner fired off releases on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Friday .

Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that critics of his actions in an arson case that sent a man to the death chamber are politically motivated.

Oct. 17--On a day in which the community of Kerens celebrates community wide, it is also dealing with disaster.