Vote Winnsboro Farmer’s Market as ‘Best’ During Ntl. Farmers Market Celebration!
In a big way, the City of Winnsboro is getting behind the farm-to-table aspect of a healthy lifestyle. Why not see for yourself, then vote for the Winnsboro Farmers Market! Voting is easy, just go to www.markets.farmland.org and search for Winnsboro Farmers Market. Haven’t been to the Winnsboro Farmers Market yet? Well, you’ve still got time! Between 8am and 12 noon each Saturday, the City devotes two blocks of downtown...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report 07/06/2020 – 07/12/2020
The Winnsboro Police Department issued 27 citations and 28 warnings during this reporting period. Arrests: Weathers, Bobee, 20 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 07/11/2020 on for Terroristic Threat of Family/Household. Calls for Service: The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 129 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations:
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report 06/29/2020 – 07/05/2020
Arrests: Courson, James, 54 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 6/29/2020 on a Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice warrant for Parole Violation.Burns, Jeremy, 39 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 7/05/2020 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 < 1G Drug Free Zone Calls for Service: The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 167 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations: The Winnsboro...
DCTF Has Winnsboro Football As A District Runner Up
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football found a lot to like about this year’s Winnsboro Red Raiders’ football team. The magazine predicts Winnsboro will finish in 2nd place in their District 5-3A, Division I, behind only Pottsboro, preseason ranked #3 in Class 3A. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine After the Red Raiders, DCTF predicts Mineola 3rd, Mount Vernon 4th, Emory Rains 5th, Commerce 6th, Howe 7th and Bonham 8th....
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of June 22 through June 28, 2020, included the following activity: Arrests Tyler Wright, age 27, of Quitman, was arrested on 6/26/2020 for Driving While Intoxicated 2nd Bobby Overstreet, age 55, of Leesburg, was arrested on 6/25/2020 on a Wood County warrant for DUI Liquor and a Dallas County warrant for Assault – Injury to a child. Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police...
Dedication of Winnsboro’s Community Garden to Late Councilman, Volunteer
The dedication of a community garden was made on Thursday evening, June 18, 2020, to Mel Mellenberger, a long-time community servant. The community garden, built on property near the rodeo grounds in Winnsboro, was completed earlier this year and first cultivated in March. This is it’s first growing season and it has already produced early crops of greens and now is producing tomatoes, squash and other summer vegetables that the...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of June 7 through June 13, 2020, included the following activity: Arrests Robert Farnam, age 37, of Quinlan, was arrested on 6/13/2020for possession of Controlled Substance PG1>1G<4G Niki Busby, age 50, of Yantis, was arrested on 6/10/2020 forAssault Causes Bodily Injury- Family Violence. Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 124 calls...
70-Year-Old Arrested For Murder In Connection With Winnsboro Auto Shop Stabbing
A 70-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, May 13, for murder in connection with a Winnsboro auto shop stabbing, according to Winnsboro Police Chief Andy Chester. Billy Dwaine Cotten (Wood County jail photo) Shortly after 11 a.m. May 13, Winnsboro Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a man with a knife Bob’s Auto Repair on East Carnegie. “Upon our arrival we located a 54 year old white male, inside the shop area, with...
Fresh from Nature: The Winnsboro Farmer’s Market Offers Bounty on Saturdays
Fresh onions from a family farm in Wood County Open since April 4, 2020 on Saturday mornings, the Winnsboro Farmer’s Market practices social distancing in the open-air market while providing a wide variety of home-grown, home-made offerings from local farming families. I expected to find early-spring produce like lettuce, onions and radishes, and I was not disappointed. Several vendors were offering these. I also looked for...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of April 27 through May 3, 2020, included the following activity: Arrests Andrew French, 32 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 4/27/2020on an Austin Parole warrant- parole violations. Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 111 calls forservice during this reporting period. Citations The Winnsboro Police Department issued 22...
