Walker County News

The murder trial of Texas Department oif Criminal Justice offender Jerry Duane Martin is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Leon County Courthouse in Centerville.

Janie Hartnett Farris is seeking re-election as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 for Walker County in the upcoming 2010 Republican Primary.

If you know someone stationed at Fort Hood from Huntsville or Walker County, we would like to talk to them.

Longtime resident and local businesswoman Kari French announced her candidacy for Walker County Clerk today.

The Huntsville Hotel Occupancy Tax board voted Thursday night to take a proposal to build an expo center/indoor arena to the City Council.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council has launched a program designed to address unmet housing needs that arose from damage resulting from Hurricane Ike.

The information in this column is not intended as legal advice but to provide a general understanding of the law.

Huntsville artist Kat Black works on the first phase of her three phase "Take a Look on the Wild Side" mural project on Sam Houston Avenue in Huntsville Friday afternoon.

The Huntsville Fire Department hosted an open house Tuesday night at Fire Station No.

The Walker County Commissioners Court approved a proposal to hold a series of public meetings early next month concerning new Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain maps that the county received earlier this month.

Registered voters in the city of Huntsville can learn more about items on the Nov.

The Walker County Commis-sioners Court meets at 9 a.m. today in special session at the courthouse with 22 items on the agenda, including approving signage for the county HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas.

Last month, after 20 years as a volunteer firefighter in Huntsville, Louis Parker retired from the Huntsville Fire Department.

Early voting begins Monday on the state's 11 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, the city's $3.5 million bond issue to renovate and expand the Huntsville Public Library, the exchange of parkland and on the proposed 10 amendments to the City Charter.

Entries are now being accepted for the Huntsville Lions Club's 2009 Christmas Parade set for Dec.

Early voting in person begins today at the Walker County Annex in two separate elections on the Nov.

The Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce and three individuals have filed a counterclaim lawsuit against the City of Huntsville, denying allegations the city made against the four in a lawsuit filed in September.

Walker County and three cities within the county all received increases in sales tax revenue in October compared to a year ago in 2008.

Four men were in Huntsville police custody Wednesday night in connection with the armed robbery of two women in the parking lot of a local restaurant.

With a grant from the Help America Vote Act scheduled to expire at the end of the year, the Walker County Commissioners Court discussed ways in which to spend the remaining funds to help streamline the election process and modernize voting options in the county.