By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A Greenville man, convicted on two counts of armed robbery, will serve a lengthy prison term.

Following a one day trial, a jury found 21-year-old Israel Michael Pettigrew guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. He is to serve ten and five years in prison on each of the two charges.

A third aggravated robbery indicted against Pettigrew is still pending.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Motorists will need to drive a bit slower along one Hunt County highway, and can drive a bit faster along another.

The portion of U.S. Highway 69 that passes through Greenville were lowered this week by five to ten miles in areas, to adhere to a recent traffic study by TxDot.

The Greenville City Council this week also approved a speed limit increase along Roy Warren Parkway to 40 mph.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Lloyd Wayne Brown will serve eight years behind bars after he left the scene of an accident last October that injured two Greenville residents.

Brown had previously been convicted and sentenced to probation for felony driving while intoxicated in February, 2008, his third DWI. That probation was revoked Wednesday.

Brown was also given two five year sentences after pleading guilty to failure to stop and render aid last October.

Luke has a special gues in to talk about late-season bow hunting and more.

Outdoors with Luke Clayton 1-26-11

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – Carolyn Corbin is the keynote speaker during Thursday evening's sellout banquet of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Greenville Economic Development Corporation.

Corbin is president of the Center for the 21st Century, which provides presentations, consulting and organizational training in critical 21st century issues. Banquet guests will hear Carolyn's speech titled Moving Greenville Forward: Doing life together in a world gone Wiki.

By Scott Harvey

Winnsboro – The ongoing debate over a Canadian Oil Company's plan to build a pipeline through East Texas continues Thursday in Winnsboro.

"The substance that is going to be carried in the pipeline is a hazardous, toxic, most dirtiest oil in the world. It's referred to as tar sands oil and/or oil sands," says Eddie Radillo, member of STOP (Stop Tar Sands Oil Pipeline).

Members of the organization are concerned over what may happen in the event of an oil spill and how such a pipeline may devalue their land.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The Greenville City Council has passed an exterior lighting ordinance aimed at curbing light pollution.

The new design standards will be in place for all future multi-residential and commercial projects.

The regulations apply to all new, expanded or redeveloped multifamily complexes, town homes and single family attached structures where exterior lighting currently exists or is proposed.

By Scott Harvey

– The cities of Kaufman and Canton have been recently recognized by the Texas Department of Agriculture as Certified Retirement Communities (CRC).

The distinction is designed to help attract retirees and potential retirees through additional advertisement. According to the Agriculture Department, Texas has become the No. 2 retirement state in the nation and retirees spend an average of $42,500 each in their communities.

By Scott Harvey

Quitman – Just days after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the drive-by murder case of a Winnsboro woman, a retrial is issued for one of the suspects.

19-year-old Ty Jordan Evans will again be tried with the murder of 24-year-old Anna Marie Moore. Evans' brother, Demarcus Hearn, also faces charges in Moore's death as the driver of the car from which shots were fired.

Moore was shot in the head in May, 2009 as she sat on her living room couch with her children. A retrial date has not been set.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A local juvenile has been arrested in connection to numerous graffiti incidents.

Between December 22 and January 13, Greenville Police received nearly a dozen reports of criminal mischief involving graffiti. The offenses occurred across a large area of the City, including downtown and some businesses in South Greenville.