Wake Village News

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Captured escapee Anthony Michael Brown stands next to Officer Patrick Drake while talking to a judge Monday afternoon at the Miller County Courthouse, where he learned he was ...

A Miller County Jail inmate facing felony escape charges protested a judge's decision to refuse to set a bail amount - even though the inmate had escaped from another jail years before.

It's four down, and one to go, as another escapee from the Miller County Correctional Facility is caught.

Scotty Ligon, 36, of Wake Village, Texas, has not died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident as reported Thursday.

A Wake Village man was hospitalized following a single-vehicle motorcycle accident about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 4800 block of Seventh Street, police said.

Former Wake Village Police Chief Tony Estes has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Wake Village based on his April 9 termination.

Zion Baptist Church will host the Gospel Music Ministry of David Patillo Sunday at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend free of charge.

MUSIC First Baptist Church, Wake Village, Texas, will have Dallas Holm in concert at 10 a.m. and a full concert at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Legendary Christian artist Dallas Holm will be in concert Sunday at First Baptist Church, 820 Wake Ave., Wake Village, Texas.

A personal water craft has been impounded as the investigation into a weekend hit and run accident on Wright Patman Lake continues.

A missing set of false teeth is at the root of assault charges pending against a Wake Village man who allegedly stabbed a woman in March.

“Any time we get to put something together like this that's in the best interest of our region, it's going to affect us for many years to come. What happened today was absolutely phenomenal.”

Wake Village, Texas, Mayor Mike Huddleston speaks Tuesday during a ceremony where representatives from eight cities involved in a lawsuit alleging water overbilling agreed to dismiss the charges. via Texarkana Gazette

Four Texarkana, Texas, streets were renamed in the City Council meeting Monday night. via Texarkana Gazette

The Wake Village City Council approved the city's annual budget audit for 2007 last week. via Texarkana Gazette

“This was not a hurriedly made decision.”

For undisclosed reasons, the mayor of Wake Village fired Chief of Police Tony Estes Thursday afternoon. via Texarkana Gazette

Posted: Updated: KSLA News 12 has learned that the mayor of Wake Village, Texas has fired the town's police chief. via KSLA-TV Shreveport

Staff photo by Robb Pittard Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown David Gregg performs for a group of kindergarten and first-grade students Monday afternoon at Wake Village Elementary School. via Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Lighting Strikes Lightening struck a tree in the 400 block of Linda Loma Street in Wake Village. via Texarkana Gazette

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas-The Sulphur River Basin Authority agreed Tuesday to renew a lease arrangement on an office it has in Wake Village. via Texarkana Gazette

“I was glad to be a part of many of the right decisions made for the city while serving on the council”

Within one meeting, Mike Burke went from being Wake Village's Place 4 City Council member and mayor pro-tem to the city's new administrator. via Texarkana Gazette