Emilia "Emily" Benavides, of Lolita, felt a persistent tug to retire despite a strong desire to continue teaching.
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EDNA – Blaine Allen has been preparing for the Jackson County Youth Fair for the better part of the last year, caring for his steer and getting ready for the annual livestock show and auction.
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EDNA – The crowd in the stadium hollered and the calf tried to slip away, but Waylen Budd didn’t let anything slow him down.
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EDNA – A jury sentenced Amber Sorensen to 25 years in prison Thursday morning for killing her boyfriend, Jarrett Parker.
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EDNA – Amber Sorensen deserves another chance, her attorney told jurors on the 13th day of her trial.
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EDNA – After leaving the military, Jarrett Parker devoted his life to helping returning veterans find their way home.
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EDNA – According to her own version of events, Amber Sorensen killed her abusive boyfriend after he had beaten her, strangled her and threatened her life by holding a gun to her head.
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EDNA – Amber Sorensen’s attorney attacked arguments laid out by prosecutors and their witnesses Friday morning with testimony from family members.
EDNA – The Jackson County Youth Fair begins Saturday morning with a parade in downtown Edna.
Edna police are warning area residents to pay close attention to the cash they receive as some counterfeit money has surfaced.
A male sixth-grade teacher at Ganado Secondary School resigned after being investigated for inappropriately touching a female student.
A Ganado Secondary School student was taken into custody Thursday after he threatened to blow up his school and injure the principal.
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Jarrett Parker was doing situps when his girlfriend shot and killed him, a Texas Ranger testified Thursday.
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EDNA – A slain Edna man was not a perpetrator, but rather, the victim of abuse, his parents testified Wednesday.
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EDNA – A police investigator Tuesday confirmed that Jarrett Parker did not deny his girlfriend’s allegations of physical abuse in texts sent in the hours before he was killed in the 2017 shooting.
Ganado school district officials put a sixth-grade teacher at Ganado Junior High on leave after allegations of inappropriate contact surfaced.
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As you travel through the Crossroads, you will see new businesses and attractions popping up.
EDNA – Beyond Sundays, people come together at Edna’s First United Methodist Church, said Pastor Kelli Williamson, who started working at the church in July 2018.
GANADO – Ganado is a Spanish word meaning a herd of cattle. On the fourth Saturday of each month, it could also be used to describe the way people flock to the town’s farmers market.
EDNA – James Harris made Edna’s Brackenridge Park his home for almost a year in 2019.
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EDNA – Amber Sorensen said in an interview with police that she didn’t intend to shoot her boyfriend.
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Trial began Monday morning for an Edna woman who said she acted in self-defense in fatally shooting her boyfriend in 2017.
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In keeping with long- standing traditions, many parents snapped photos of their children as they returned to school for the new school year.
Crossroads public and private schools will be back in session starting Monday.
From water slides and a bounce house to live music and a hayride, the first ”End of Summer Bash” in Edna is bringing Crossroads residents together for the last hurrah 3-9 p.m. Saturday at the Brackenridge Park and Campground.
GANADO – The constant tick of the metronome filled Indian Stadium during the month of June.
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