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This morning, Grayson County crews are primarily working the pot hole patching crews in Luella.
This afternoon they are planning to shoot their first asphalt of the season on a short piece of Luella Road just south of LWSC Rd. Due to the curve reducing visibility, there will be short traffic delays as they will stop traffic twice for five to ten minutes during the process. Grayson County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jeff Whitmire encourages drivers to detour around to Harrell Rd during the work.
May 1, 2015 – At approximately 11:00pm Howe Police Officers Keith Milks and Jordan Clark arrested a 25-year-old man and 27-year-old man (both from Durant, OK) for possessing a quarter of an ounce of cocaine. The arrest was the result of a consent search on the 27-year-old’s vehicle which was stopped on US Hwy 75 for a traffic violation. Neither suspect admitted knowing the drug was in the vehicle. They were booked into the Grayson County Jail for PCS PG 1 > 4g < 200g..
Varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders were announced last week and selected for the varsity squad were Erin Ansley, Elizabeth Corbin, Jessica Doty, Kaylee Dwyer, Catherine Honaker, Natalie Honore, Whitney Kirby, Katelyn Kirk, Caitlan Little, Allison Morgan, Jaylyn Mosse, and Ashley Pelt.
Junior varsity cheerleaders selected were Mikayla Doty, Taylor Hartsfield, Gianna Henry, Natalie Murphy, Riley Potter, and Jorie Seibold.
The Bulldog varsity mascot is Chris Blaszak and the junior varsity mascot was named Kelsey Lux.
Early voting for Howe ISD Board of Trustees will go on through next Tuesday at the district administration office, located at 105 W. Tutt St. On Election Day, a second voting location will be open at the Dorchester Town Hall, located at 373 Main St.
Howe ISD has five candidates vying for three seats. Mark Abner (incumbent), Bruce Dawsey, (incumbent), Amber Krantz-Dimayuga, Janie Finney, and Micah Belden will compete for the three open positions. One seat came open when former Howe ISD longtime teacher Pat Stewart did not seek another term.
In a freakish moment with Howe leading 3-2 at home over Whitesboro and Easton Ross at the plate, the lights suddenly went dark at the Howe Athletic Complex and the game was moved to Gunter. Howe eventually lost the game, 5-4 when play resumed. The loss eliminates Howe from the playoffs. The Bulldogs will have senior night tonight in the game with Gunter at home.
April 30 – At approximately 3:00 am, Howe Police Officer Robert Todd arrested a 24-year-old Milton, Wisconsin man for possessing approx 14 grams of methamphetamine. The arrest was a result of a stop on US Hwy 75 for a traffic violation, and a subsequent search based on a canine alert. Along with the methamphetamine, syringes, glass pipe, and a digital scale were recovered. The suspect was booked into the Grayson County jail for Man/Delivery of a Controlled Subtsance, PG 1 > 4grams.
April 29 – At approx 4:00 pm, Sgt. Michael Hill arrested a 52-year-old Howe resident for public intoxication in the 700 block of W. Haning Street. Sgt. Hill saw the man walking in the middle of the roadway and noticed he was unsteady on his feet. Upon speaking with the suspect, Sgt. Hill found him to be intoxicated on some sort of medication. The suspect was booked into the Grayson County jail.
Both boards of the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce and Keep Howe Beautiful met jointly tonight to discuss how to improve Founders Day. The result was to push the event back to the second Saturday in May and to rebrand it as Founders Day Festival.
Keep Howe Beautiful also rescheduled their rained-out mud run to May 23 at 8AM at Jones Park.
The meeting was the first official meeting at the new office that they call “101.”
Full story of the changes in this week’s Howe Enterprise.
At approximately 1:30am on August 26, Howe Police Officer Robert Todd arrested a 29-year-old Arkansas man for possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana, unlawfully carrying a weapon, and DWI (2nd offense) after stopping him on N. Denny Street for a traffic violation. After arresting the suspect for DWI, Officer Todd searched the car and found approx 8 grams of marijuana and a 9mm pistol. The suspect consented to a blood draw at a local hospital before being booked into the Grayson County jail.
