By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The end of NASA's Space Shuttle program is a tough pill to swallow for several people who grew up during the height of the program.

Dr. Kent Montgomery is the planetarium director at Texas A&M University-Commerce. While he agrees with the decision to cancel the program due to factors like an aging fleet and old technology, he would like to see a new plan for space travel put into motion.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – Foul play is suspected in a Thursday morning fire north of Commerce in which a 47-year-old woman nearly lost her life.

"Two Commerce Firefighters made entry, found her on the floor and were able to remove her," said Richard Hill, Hunt County fire marshal/director of Homeland Security. "The fire was pretty well fully engulfed at that time they did a great job of getting the victim out."

By Scott Harvey

Sulphur Springs – Authorities are continuing their search for missing Sulphur Springs resident Melissa McVay Darling, now 27 days into her disappearance.

Sulphur Springs Police Investigator David Gilmore says they've followed numerous leads in the case, but with little success.

By Scott Harvey

Mineola – No injuries are reported following the derailment of a Union Pacific freight train about seven miles east of Mineola Wednesday morning.

The train was traveling from Pine Bluff to Fort Worth. Officials are reporting some fence and land damage, as well as a lot of spill sand and gravel. No hazardous material was involved.

The cause of the train derailment is under investigation.

By Scott Harvey

Sulphur Springs – An official murder charge has been levied against two suspects alleged to have acted together in the strangling of Hopkins County resident Bobby Riley.

43-year-old Brian Allen Tucker and 49-year-old Sarilu Mettlen were recently indicted by a grand jury. The two reportedly killed 61-year-old Bobby Riley during the course of committing a robbery at his home in the Mahoney Community in late April.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A Caddo Mills man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer.

Jimmy Lee Johnson will serve six years in prison and one year in a state jail on charges of burglary, assaulting a public servant and attempting to take the weapon of a peace officer.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The not guilty plea entered three months ago for a suspect in a Commerce robbery is changed to a guilty plea.

Larry Donnell Clark Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to ten years probation, fined $1,500 and ordered to complete 180 hours of community service.

A second suspect in the case, Parvis Raynell Clark Jr. of Commerce has pleaded not guilty but does not have a trial date set.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The fall semester is shaping up quite well at Texas A&M University-Commerce, as officials report they are on pace for yet another record-setting year for enrollment.

"Enrolment increase is projected about 15 percent ahead of the same time last year," says Vice President for Student Access and Success Dr. Mary Hendrix. "So certainly projecting that on out, knowing what our enrollment was in the fall of 2010 - when we did reach 10,000 - we're certainly anticipating an enrollment of 11,000 as a minimum."

"Fish Out Of Water"

By Scott Harvey

Hunt County – One woman is hospitalized following a Wednesday afternoon wreck involving three vehicles along Highway 24 near the Hunt-Delta County line.

Victims of the crash tell KETR's Cooper Correspondent Cindy Roller that the woman's vehicle was travelling eastbound when it reportedly swerved into the westbound lane, striking a Jeep.