Melissa News

In my travels around Anna, Melissa and Van Alstyne , I continue to be amazed by our doughnut addiction.

From left, Austin Lux, Teri Polo and Ben Lux take a break during work on the psychological thriller The Beacon.

North and southbound lanes are closed on SH 5 from FM 543 to County Road 275, between McKinney and Melissa, for emergency bridge repair.

Take a trip with me today. No, not around Anna, Melissa or Van Alstyne, but back in time, sort of like the Time Traveler playing on the big screens around town.

A chase that began with a gas drive-off of less than $50 from the Sherman Walmart gas station, Murphy Oil, became more serious when the suspect, Clifton Eldon Middleton, 22, allegedly tried to run his pickup over a Melissa police officer who had laid out spikes across U.S. Highway 75.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 5:29 pm US/Central NORTH TEXAS A two-hour police chase that started in Grayson County ended in a water-filled ditch in rural Navarro County Friday.

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A multicounty chase that lasted for more than two hours Friday ended when authorities spun a pickup truck into a rain-swollen ditch along a rural road near Corsicana.

Originally published October 9, 2009 at 11:21 a.m., updated October 9, 2009 at 1:22 p.m. DALLAS a ' A multicounty chase that lasted at least 90 minutes ended when authorities spun a pickup truck into a water-filled ditch along a rural road.

Motorists clear snow from their stranded vehicles near Napier yesterday. Inset: Blankets ease the chill for Areta Winikerei and Melissa Barry.

I have a confession to make: I thought Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" was a terrific movie and a worthy Oscar winner for star Adrien Brody, who managed to one-up his performance on the screen with a truly enviable Oscar night smooch of Halle Berry.

SANDRA FAY Items may be phoned or faxed to Sandra Fay at 972-422-5834 or e-mailed to dsfay@aol.com. At an Arts of Collin County reception hosted for 200 guests at Gary Riggs Interiors in Allen, ACC executive director Mike Simpson announced $325,000 in new contributions for the 100-plus-acre arts park.

Pecan Grove is one of the newer subdivisions just north of Melissa. There's nothing but wilderness around, right now anyway.

A Denison woman survived what could have been a deadly crash Wednesday on Fallon Drive near Highway 75 in Sherman.

Former Sherman Mayor David Sprowl was welcomed to the Greater Texoma Utility Authority Board of Directors Monday by fellow directors as soon as he took the oath of office administered by Greater Texoma Utility Authority staff member Carolyn Bennett.

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The body of a man reported missing in Lewisville has been found in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle in Melissa, police said.

A body found Monday night in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle in Melissa has been identified.

Authorities are investigating a body found in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle in Melissa earlier this week.

Several law enforcement agencies, including the Texas Rangers, are looking into the death of a North Texas man found in the trunk of his car.