Luke speaks with Joe Bauman and tells us a few things about fly fishing.

Outdoors with Luke Clayton 6-2-10

By Brent Lyday

Commerce – Eastfield College students can seamlessly transfer to Texas A&M University-Commerce after completing their associate's degree following a recent dual admission articulation agreement between the colleges at Eastfield College in Mesquite.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The stage is set for Saturday's runoff election for the Greenville City Council.

Early voting to determine who will represent Place 1 on the Council ended Tuesday, with 326 ballots cast.

The runoff election is between Dan Perkins and Tim Stainback, to see who will succeed Glen Steed.

Neither Perkins nor Stainback received more than 50 percent of the vote on May 8, forcing the runoff.

By Brad Kellar

West Tawakoni – An investigation is underway into a reported kidnapping Monday in Hunt County. A 54-year-old man remained in jail as of Tuesday, awaiting arraignment on a charge of aggravated kidnapping.

The Sheriff's Office says the incident stemmed from an armed abduction near West Tawakoni on Monday.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The Commerce City Council Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the construction of a new restroom facility at City Park.

The low-bidder on the project was We Build Inc. (a Harrison, Walker and Harper company) out of Paris in the amount of $111,715. But council plans to knock that figure down to as low as $94,744 by issuing future change orders of the design or deletion of some design items.

By Scott Harvey

Cooper – Delta County authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning fire that has destroyed a Cooper ISD head start modular facility.

"I can tell you that the fire started at about 2:30 a.m. and it destroyed the building, but that's about the extent of it right now," said Cooper Fire Marshall Mike Copeland.

No injuries were reported as no one was inside the structure at the time.

Firefighters battled the blaze at 440 SW 3rd Street for nearly three hours, according to Copeland.

Luke speaks with Mike Williams about fishing in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast.

Outdoors with Luke Clayton 5-26-10

By Scott Harvey

Paris – It was a busy weekend for Paris Police, who made arrests following two separate burglary attempts and a drug bust, and are currently seeking an armed robbery suspect.

The reported hold-up occurred Saturday night at a convenience store in the 1900 block of Clarksville Street. An African American man is said to have demanded money from one of the workers while brandishing a gun. He made off with an unspecified amount of cash.

By Scott Harvey

Van – State Representative for District 2 Dan Flynn is objecting to the EPA's actions into refineries and other facilities in Texas.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – The Texas Department of Transportation and its Contractor, Austin Bridge and Road, are preparing to convert from two-way frontage roads to a one-way frontage road system along IH 30 in Greenville. Crews plan to make the southbound conversion July 7, and the northbound conversion July 8.

"The bottom line is the make it more safe," said Chris Mountain with the TxDot office in Greenville. "We've got an increased amount of traffic out there and that's been the push for a long time is to make our roads safer."