By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News. Mug shots of the suspects are at the bottom of of this report. In the early hours of Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, a coordinated law enforcement effort successfully apprehended three suspects in Van Alstyne, following a violent incident at an Oklahoma Tribal facility and a subsequent […]
Press Release from Grayson County District Attorney Brett Smith Nov. 2, 2024 — Anthony Allen Rae, 51, of London, England, was sentenced to prison for two Life sentences for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The conviction follows a nearly week-long jury trial before a Grayson County Jury found the defendant guilty. The defendant was […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News. Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip reported on the following arrests made in the recent 10 days. Oct. 12 — After seeing a vehicle going 88 mph in a 75-mph zone, police made a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 75 at Sanford Circle. They soon learned […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town, for The Van Alstyne News Between September 27 and October 8, Van Alstyne Police made nine arrests. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided the following information, gathered from the reports of the officers involved in the various arrests. Sept. 27 — The first of two arrests made that Friday […]
Press Release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Oct. 1, 2024, Austin, Texas — See NOTES below. Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation declaring October 2024 as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to raise awareness and educate Texans about the dangers of fentanyl to save more lives.“Fentanyl is a clandestine killer that rips away loved ones forever,” said Governor […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town for the Van Alstyne News. More photos at the bottom of this article. Anyone can download any photo(s) he/she wishes h to have. No charge-no problem. There was absolutely no shortage of participants in this year’s National Night Out Tuesday night (Oct. 1, 2024). The annual […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town for the Van Alstyne News Just a reminder here — National Night Out is from 6-8 pm this coming Tuesday, Oct. 1, to be held at the Central Social District Park in downtown. Van Alstyne Police have participated in NNO since, at least, 1996, and invite all Van Alstyne […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News TxDOT updated this information, as shown in red. The Texas Department of Transportation officials announced that Encino Landscape of Cleveland, Texas, will be creating a new 10-foot-wide shared-use path in Van Alstyne along State Highway 5 (Waco St) from Williams Way to Blassingame Avenue, then along […]
Multi-Agency Effort Leads to Capture of Armed Suspects in Van Alstyne
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News. Mug shots of the suspects are at the bottom of of this report. In the early hours of Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, a coordinated law enforcement effort successfully apprehended three suspects in Van Alstyne, following a violent incident at an Oklahoma Tribal facility and a subsequent […]
2003 Sexual Assault Suspect Located, Tried, Convicted, and Sentenced
Press Release from Grayson County District Attorney Brett Smith Nov. 2, 2024 — Anthony Allen Rae, 51, of London, England, was sentenced to prison for two Life sentences for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The conviction follows a nearly week-long jury trial before a Grayson County Jury found the defendant guilty. The defendant was […]
Van Alstyne Police Make Several Arrests
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News. Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip reported on the following arrests made in the recent 10 days. Oct. 12 — After seeing a vehicle going 88 mph in a 75-mph zone, police made a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 75 at Sanford Circle. They soon learned […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Probable.
Texas Nexus / Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer It’s a 3-column list I have worked up — “PACK UP” it’s called. It’s what I have to reference and cling to when getting ready to go to all the music festivals in my life. And there’s a bunch! Me and Hippie Van head out. […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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