Whitney News

How high's the water, mama? Let's just say Lake Pat Cleburne is now officially a river lake.

John E. Murphy, Acting United States Attorney, announced that in Waco, 68-year-old Julia Ann Schmidt of Whitney, Texas, stands charged with two counts of mail fraud in connection with a large-scale Ponzi scheme.

A four-page federal indictment alleges that 68-year-old Julia Ann Schmidt pretended to be a field manager for a Belgium-based investment firm and even hired a man to impersonate a company official to steal more than $500,000 in a large-scale Ponzi scheme.

COLUMBIA - Memorial services will be held at a later date for Eva Lily Goleman, 81, of Columbia, who died Oct.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 11:37 am US/Central Reporting Jeff Jamison NORTH TEXAS Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in parts of North Texas Tuesday morning.

The Tyler ISD Foundation begins its 20th annual fund drive on Monday, October 12th, with an invitation-only campaign Kickoff Luncheon at W.A. Peete Elementary School, 1511 Bellwood.

Rep. Chet Edwards visited Meridian on Saturday to salute the completion of the Meridian-Clifton water pipeline.

In Prairie Valley between Whitney and Laguna Park, the storm blew a feeding trough through a barn, damaged sheds and downed trees, according to resident Krista Young, who provided photographs of the aftermath.

Two landowners at the White Bluff Resort on Lake Whitney, Texas, have filed a federal RICO class-action lawsuit against the resort and its developer based on claims that the defendants are pocketing payments intended to benefit White Bluff property owners.

Two Tarrant County residents filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday alleging that they and thousands of other property owners are being ripped off for millions of dollars a year by a Lake Whitney developer.

A 61-year-old man was killed Saturday morning when the vehicle he was driving left the road and landed in an irrigation ditch in south Brownsville, according to a Department of Public Safety spokesperson.

FBI agents in North Texas Friday arrested a man who they say was not only duping investors out of their life savings - he was tapping their bank accounts as well.

Click here to see a list by date of area couples who recently married. Click the couples' names to see their wedding or engagement announcements.

Click here to see a list by date of area couples who recently married. Click the couples' names to see their wedding or engagement announcements.

The second item in the BASS Reporter's Notebook at ESPN.com mentions that Waco's Alton Jones, the 2008 Bassmaster Classic champion, took Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy for a fishing outing on Lake Whitney.

Click here to see a list by date of area couples who recently married. Click the couples' names to see their wedding or engagement announcements.

Two men are facing capital murder charges in the March 1994 deaths of a 53-year-old grandmother, who was found beaten to death in rural Ellis County, and her toddler grandson, who suffocated inside her abandoned car.

Click here to see a list by date of area couples who recently married. Click the couples' names to see their wedding or engagement announcements.

A six-run third inning was the difference as the Crawford little league softball all-stars defeated Texas East 9-4 to claim the Southwest Regional championship and earn a trip to the Little League Softball World Series.

A six-run third inning was the difference as the Crawford little league softball all-stars defeated Texas East 9-4 to claim the Southwest Regional championship and earn a trip to the Little League Softball World Series.