Car wreck takes life of 2-month-old
A one-car wreck took the life of a 2-month-old Groesbeck girl on Wednesday, June 10, when the driver lost control of her car.
A one-car wreck took the life of a 2-month-old Groesbeck girl on Wednesday, June 10, when the driver lost control of her car.
After a unanimous “Vote of No Confidence” in Police Chief Mark Morris by Kosse City Council, he has been relieved of duties as chief and the recently promoted Sgt. Brett New was appointed interim chief.
“The City Council felt that the police department needed a change in direction, and decided that a change in leadership was necessary,” Mayor Brooks Valls said after the special meeting June 15.
Morris opted to speak to the council in open session regarding a grievance against him that had been discussed at length in executive session at the regular council meeting June 9, which the council confirmed mostly pertained to a situation that occurred May 5, just outside Kosse city limits at Austin McCarver's house.
According to an exposure report by former mayor Jarrod Eno, who traveled to the scene as a paramedic at the request of responding officer Robert Koch, the subject (McCarver, as identified by Morris) was reportedly “extremely intoxicated” upon their arrival, and displayed behavior that was aggressive, uncooperative and violent. McCarver threw several punches that did not land, kicked Eno in the right thigh, and struck Koch on the left side of the head before he was detained and led to an ambulance Koch had requested for transportation to Limestone Medical Center, at which point Morris arrived on the scene.
After a two and a halfhour executive session at the end of their regular June meeting, Kosse City Council voted unanimously to promote Officer Brett New to Sergeant of the Police Department and increase his salary to $38,500. Though Mayor Brooks Valls had no further comment to provide after the lengthy executive session regarding the Kosse Police Department, Sergeant New shared a few details about the opportunities that come with this promotion.
America was founded as a nation of ideals, where people of different backgrounds, cultures, religions, and viewpoints can share mutual freedom and equality. Every year on July 4th, we come together to celebrate this special character of the USA, and show the rest of the world why we are proud to be American. You can also play a part in keeping these ideals alive by hosting an international high school exchange student for the upcoming academic year and help them learn more of our American culture!? ?ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE), in cooperation with your community high school, is looking for local families to host boys and girls ages 15–18 for the next academic year. Students from all over the world – places like Germany, Spain, Italy, Taiwan, and Ukraine, to name a few have already received scholarships to study in the USA; all they need now is you!
Commissioners expressed intent for tax abatement for Hubbard Wind LLC and passed a resolution for property tax relief at their meeting Tuesday, June 6.
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