Kosse News

A Texas man is being held at the Cleveland County Detention Center accused of raping a girl on two separate occasions, according to court records.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin said Wednesday it received no formal complaints about John Anthony Okonski, 45, of Bremond, who evidently committed suicide after he was arrested and charged in the sexual assault of a teenager who said he was molested early Saturday morning in the restroom of a Waco theater.

A Bremond man who was found dead near Kosse the day after he was released from jail on sexual misconduct charges had been an active youth worker at his church.

Law enforcement officials think a man accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy early Saturday morning in a restroom stall at the Starplex Cinemas Galaxy 16 in Waco killed himself early Sunday morning.

A 45-year-old man from Bremond who was accused of indecency with a child at a Waco theater was found dead in Limestone County.

A Bremond man who was found dead near Kosse the day after he was released from jail on sexual misconduct charges had been an active youth worker at his church.

Running a toy store was never child's play, but after seven years in the game, owner Sandy Challinor had had it with the economy, the scares over lead in toys, the rent and tax increases.

Mexia showed a slight drop on the monthly sales tax rebate check from the State of Texas, but also showed a slight increase for the year-to-date totals.

A woman and her son are homeless after a late-night fire destroyed their Groesbeck trailer home.

Kosse Homecoming Rodeo On June 12 & 13 at 8pm the Kosse Homecoming Rodeo will take place at the rodeo arena located 1 mile north of Kosse on HWY 14.

Local Briefs Driver's License office hours!!! The Limestone County Driver's License office is open from Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The DL office is located on East Highway 164 in Groesbeck.

'There's a little bit of everything in Texas and a whole lot of Texas in me' Report item as: X Comment: Bob Wills, King of Western Swing, died on May 13, 1975 Posted 5/13/2009 4:54 AM CDT A gentleman by the name of James Robert Wills died on May 13, 1975.

Scholarship Assembly!!! The annual Scholarship Assembly for Mexia High School seniors will be held this Thursday morning at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium.

Three political newcomers won places on the Bastrop City Council on Saturday to replace council members who had hit their term limits.

Early voting for the South Limestone County Emergency Services District No. 1, will be from April 27 through May 1, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and at the same times on May 4-5 . The early voting for this May 9 election will be at the Limestone County Courthouse, Room G-6, 200 West State Street in Groesbeck.

For the first time in many moons, the City of Mexia's current tax rebates went into a slight decline.

DPS officials say 17 year old Veronica Bravo of Westphalia drowned around 1:00 Thursday morning after the car she was driving ran off Highway 7 and landed upside down in Big Creek in Falls County between Marlin and Kosse.

Three people are dead and two others injured following an early morning accident Thursday.