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Update for Thursday, March 14, 2024

BOYD OFFICERS RECEIVE AWARDS — Two Boyd police officers, Casey Caraway and Joshua Gross, received high achieving awards for their actions in an officer involved shooting in Paradise last October. On October 9, 2023, Gross and Caraway were dispatched to assist the Wise County Sheriff’s Office with a disturbance located in Paradise. “I truly believe that Officer Gross, when he […]

Update for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

MEDICAL LODGE SHOOTING SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER — A suspect in the shooting that resulted in the death of a 39-year-old man outside of Bridgeport Medical Lodge is now facing a murder charge. Nathaniel Jovanni Dominguez, 23, of Springtown was arrested and booked into the Wise County Jail Tuesday with the new charge stemming from the Feb. 18 shooting death […]

Update for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

GMP FOR DECATUR PD STATION APPROVED — The Decatur City Council approved a $27,410,982 guaranteed maximum price for the new police station Monday night. The new, 30,500-square foot station is expected to be completed by July 2025, with the city breaking ground on the project next month. The station will include a forensics lab, training facilities and room for growth […]

Update for Friday, March 8, 2024

MAN SENTENCED IN ATTACK ON PASTOR — A Decatur man has been sentenced to prison for a 2021 incident in which he is accused of threatening a local preacher with a knife during a funeral. Larry Neil Guthrie, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to six years in prison, according to court records. Guthrie has remained in jail since his arrest Nov. 10, 2021, a few days after the incident. According to the arrest affidavit in the case, Guthrie approached U-Turn World Ministries pastor Kevin Alexander while the latter was officiating a funeral at the Chico church and grabbed him. The pastor was able to get Guthrie outside where the man pulled a knife before Alexander was able to strike Guthrie in self-defense and disarm him, according to the affidavit.

Update for Thursday, March 7, 2024

STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY — Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected across the area today and tonight, with some storms capable of becoming severe, according to the National Weather Service. Some storms could include the threat of hail with a secondary threat of damaging wind. Heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding in some areas. Rain chances will be 90 percent throughout today and 80 percent tonight. Lower rain chances continue into Friday morning. Today’s high will be around 66 with a low of 56.

Update for Tuesday, March 5, 2024

PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS HERE — Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. today at 28 voting locations in Wise County for the primary election. A full list of polling locations was featured in last week’s Wise County Messenger and can be found online at wcmessenger.com. Results will be posted as they are available tonight at wcmessenger.com, and full election coverage will be featured in this week’s upcoming Wise County Messenger. Locally contested races on the Republican ballot include Sheriff, State House District 64, U.S. Representative District 26 and Precinct 7 chair. Both the Republican and Democratic ballot include a number of other contested races such as President and U.S. Senator.


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