Kaufman County News

Dallas City Hall has spent millions of dollars building a new animal shelter and enhancing its animal services staff even as it has strengthened ordinances aimed at curbing cruelty and targeting irresponsible pet owners.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 5:24 pm US/Central Reporting Larry Mowry FORT WORTH Thursday Evening: A few isolated storms have developed in Rockwall and Kaufman County.

"75 Years of Caring for Texans - A Photographic History of the Visiting Nurse Association" will be on display July 13 through August 31, 2009 in the Community Room of the Kaufman County Library on 3790 S. Houston Street in Kaufman.

Welcome to Focal Point, a new Statesman blog in which our reporters dig beyond the headlines to offer more details and a deeper perspective on important Texas stories.

The Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake was facing a hard reality just a week ago.

Kaufman County District Attorney Richard Harrison was arrested about midnight Thursday on drunk driving charges.

Here's a daily list of recent activities drawing the attention of North Texas law enforcement.

Kaufman County's district attorney was arrested about midnight Thursday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Sandy St. John may not be the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic - that was Amelia Earhart - but she wants to be the first of a pack of competitors to land in Atlantic.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun A traffic stop on Thursday resulted in the recovery of at least $30,000 in stolen equipment and the solution of at least five property crimes in Corsicana, according to a release from the Corsicana Police Department.

The City of Combine, in Kaufman County, is asking for help for the Combine Police Department.

Auditions for Kaufman County Civic Theatre's production of The Music Man are being held at the theatre Jun.

Here's a daily list of recent activities drawing the attention of North Texas law enforcement.

Special to the Pilot 2009 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas.

More than 300 entries, upwards of 3,000 visitors, and more than $20,000 in proceeds, 32 winners and four best of show awards just begin to tell of the success of the fourth annual Cars for CASA, Lone Star Chapter.

Lawmen in one North Texas county say they found a portable methamphetamine lab in a suspicious car parked on the roadside.

Child abuse and neglect put many Texas children into a multi-stop journey through state care placement with little more than the clothes on their back.

A district court judge ruled Monday that former Gun Barrel City businessman Curtis Edward Cook has violated the probation he was given in 2008 for sexual assault of a child.

The Henderson County Jail may soon be home to inmates from a neighboring county.

A 4-year-old Kaufman boy and a man from Kemp both probably have cases of the H1N1 flu virus.