Dewitt County News

The Texas Department of Public Safety has designated Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, as Operation Holiday.

Originally published July 6, 2009 at 7:49 p.m., updated July 6, 2009 at 7:57 p.m. The National Weather service is tracking a strong thunderstorm five miles west of Yorktown, near Nordheim, according to a NWS statement.

Open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., public can pop non-banned fireworks. Aerial fireworks are prohibited.

DeWitt County is prohibiting the sale and use of aerial fireworks in unincorporated areas of DeWitt County.

In Dewitt County, a Cuero man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child.

The Dewitt County Sheriff's Department was notified of the scam after an elderly citizen was reportedly contacted late at night by someone posing as a grandchild.

Originally published June 13, 2009 at 12:42 p.m., updated June 13, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. CUERO - DeWitt County resident called for jury duty for DeWitt County court on Monday need not appear.

A Wednesday afternoon fiber cut left several people in the Crossroads region without phone service.

Darrell H. Medina, 33 of Kenedy, by DeWitt County Sheriff's Department deputies following a traffic stop Wednesday on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, attempting to take a weapon from an officer, evading arrest, resisting arrest, and three outstanding traffic warrants.

A federal jury has rejected a lawsuit filed by a lawyer who claimed DeWitt County Sheriff Roger Massey acted improperly when he obtained a search warrant for her home.

The legend of the Cuero chupacabra is alive and well. The National Geographic Channel has scheduled a visit to Phylis Canion's DeWitt County ranch to see the beast first-hand for a planned special later this year.

Two arrests have been made in connection with a recent rash of burglaries in Cuero.

Family and friends approached Beverly Hahn-Lincke about seeking the District 4 seat on the Cuero City Council.

A motorist finds a dead body in the roadway in rural DeWitt County early Thursday morning, and now a Yorktown man has been charged with murder.

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A Newscenter 25a s Shannon Dillon says officials believe Rios shot 19 year old Mathew Allen Cortez with a pistol just before daybreak yesterday morning in a field a few miles northwest of Yorktown .

A Yorktown man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of 19-year-old Matt Cortez, also of Yorktown.

The body of a 19-year-old man was found in the early morning hours on a rural DeWitt County road, and the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case as a homicide.

If you have an outstanding warrant in DeWitt County, the month of May means amnesty.

The DeWitt County District Attorney has dropped an aggravated robbery charge against a 42-year-old man who had been accused of attacking two elderly women.