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Burglary at Cavender Motors leads to arrest and fire

Scott Culley

On June 28 at approximately 6:11 am, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible burglary in progress at Cavender Motors in Van Alstyne with a description of a vehicle leaving the business.  The deputy arrived in the area and made contact with a vehicle matching the given description being driven by Scott Culley, a 41-year-old white male. The deputy noticed brush guards on a trailer being pulled by the vehicle.  A representative from Cavender Motor’s arrived on the scene claiming the items on the trailer belonged to their company and the driver did not have permission to remove them from the property.

Culley was arrested for Theft of Property $750<$2500 ENH.  He is currently in the Grayson County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

It is unknown at this time if any other parties were involved, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating.

In a separate, but possibly related incident later that evening at approximately 10:37 pm, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a fire at Cavender Motors in Van Alstyne.  The fire is being investigated by the Grayson County Fire Marshal.  Unknown if the two incidents are linked but are under investigation.

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City of Howe advises citizens of water leak

Those that are signed up for the CodeRed service received the following notification:

“The City of Howe wishes to advise you that there is a water main leak impacting their northwestern residents, more specifically, those west of US 75 and South of FM 902. These residents should anticipate that the outage in this area will continue for several hours and then restoration of water service, with no restrictions, should occur very close to 5 PM.”

Those that wish to sign up for the alerts can do so, by clicking here.

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Balding tires lead to one-car accident in rain

HOWE, TX – At approximately 1:20 pm, the Howe Police Department received a call about a one-vehicle accident on southbound US Highway 75 just south of Haning Street.  Howe Police Sergeant Michael Hill arrived on the scene and determined what appeared to be a hydroplane accident due to a sudden burst of rain and balding tires on the vehicle.

“He hit the wall head-on and slid a couple hundred feet.  They were able to get back in the vehicle and get it on the shoulder to allow traffic to go by.” said Sgt. Hill.  “They’ve been checked by EMS and no injuries have been reported.”

The officers shut the right lane down for a period of time.  Sgt. Hill gave the individuals a ride to Van Alstyne where they have made arrangements for transportation.

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Howe varsity basketball coach heading back to Pottsboro

In the coaching carousel at Howe High School, the latest coach to leave is Tim Short, who has been the varsity basketball coach since the 2014-15 season.  With the departure of Short, that leaves only Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Zack Hudson from the entire varsity football coaching staff from a year ago.  Previously leaving Howe was Dale West, who took the athletic director position at Collinsville.  He subsequently took Josh Rollins and Richard McAdams with him.  Wes Rhoten landed the offensive coordinator position at Canton High School where he can be closer to his family.  Varsity baseball coach Heath Grant will no longer be on the varsity coaching staff due to a family decision.  Howe will also have a new varsity volleyball and softball coaches next season departures.

Short’s mother is in her 80s and lives in Pottsboro which he says was the driving factor on why he wanted to be closer.  He has been making the drive from Pottsboro to Howe on a daily basis and can now be much closer at a moment’s notice.

” I wasn’t looking to move, this job opened up, I interviewed and was lucky to get it.” said Short.  “I’ve really enjoyed my time at Howe. It’s a wonderful school district. Coach Hudson and Kevin Wilson are probably the best administrators I’ve worked for. The high school faculty is fantastic, some of the best teachers I’ve worked with in 37 years of teaching.  I’ve made friendships that I hope will last a lifetime but probably the most important group of people I’ll miss are the young men and ladies’ lives that I’ve had an opportunity to be a part of for a few short years, they’re a great group, I’m going to miss them. I’m very appreciative of Howe ISD to allow me to be a part of the coaching staff and faculty for the past few years.”

In Monday’s Howe Enterprise, we will feature a full story on the coaching changes and get a feeling of how Hudson feels about his newly assembled cast of star-studded coaches.