Elkhart News

Palestine Regional Medical Center * Chad and Kristin Steely of Elkhart announce the birth of a daughter, Katherine LeAnn, on May 13.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is the full version of church news as the churches sent the news in.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Area Cub Scouts were certainly prepared last week - for a lot of fun in the sun during the annual Three Rivers' District Cub Scout Day Camp.

Five Anderson County residents were arrested late Friday afternoon - two for forgery of a government instrument - during the execution of a search warrant at a residence in southern Anderson County.

Crabb Revival concert Saturday The Nashville based Gospel group Crabb Revival will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Palestine.

The annual June Dogwood Jamboree will take place on Saturday with the theme "All American Country." The Jamboree, now in its fifth year of production, will present a salute to America's country.

Anderson County stands to benefit from nearly $450,000 in federal funding to be provided through East Texas Council of Governments for Hurricane Ike disaster recovery.

An 81-year-old Elkhart man was critically injured Thursday morning when he apparently fell off his tractor and suffered multiple cuts and lacerations.

Early voting is under way in the June 13 runoff between Charles R. McShan and Dale Crane for Place 7 on the Elkhart Independent School District's Board of Trustees.

By Laura McWilliams Grapeland Messenger ELKHART - A cross marks the location where Brady E. Brooks lost his life in a motorcycle accident on April 3, 2006, while driving to work that morning.

On Oct. 5, 1985 the Palestine Herald-Press did something it hadn't done before - print a Saturday edition of the newspaper.

No one was injured early Tuesday morning after a would-be burglary victim fired shots through their door as an Anderson County man attempted to gain entry into his residence southeast of Elkhart.

Burglars apparently targeted a southern Anderson County church over the weekend, making away with a window curtain and causing hundreds of dollars in damage.

The Elkhart Independent School District will be getting a new high school after its voters approved a $16 million bond election Saturday.

Election Day is today throughout the state as voters will be deciding city and school board races, in addition to a number of other key issues.

With city elections a day away, local election officials are preparing for Saturday's 12 hours of voting.

Palestine and Elkhart school district voters will take to the polls Saturday to determine the fate of bond elections designed to upgrade those districts' facilities.

High winds caused significant damage around the Grapeland and Elkhart area, but luckily there was no one seriously injured.

Straight line winds created headaches in the southern and eastern part of Anderson County Sunday morning as a line of fast-moving thunderstorms swept through.

It's probably safe to say that most people notice graffiti but few do anything about it.